"That's so very hard," Marian said. The words still, even as her expression was wavering with uncertainty at his quietness and specificity. "He only threatens such action, for myself or my father, at every turn should I disagree with any request of his."
Beat.
Perhaps, because she doesn't like that she's confused at his oddness, she has to make herself push. "Will you want me to sing for you out the gratitude of not being executed next, too?"
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"That's so very hard," Marian said. The words still, even as her expression was wavering with uncertainty at his quietness and specificity. "He only threatens such action, for myself or my father, at every turn should I disagree with any request of his."
Beat.
Perhaps, because she doesn't like that she's confused at his oddness, she has to make herself push. "Will you want me to sing for you out the gratitude of not being executed next, too?"