I have been brought here to fight this war the same as you, though I will never be comfortable wielding a weapon, even though they gave me one.
[ She plucked at his jacket idly. Her hands were soft, woman's hands. They knew no hard work of that kind, but her heart did. Could hearts even have callouses? They said Catherine of Aragon's heart was black, that Henry had poisoned and she'd died of heart break. ]
Do many die in the battles here? [ a dark question, but she needed to hear from some one who could say it softly, and kindly. Words of death should never be harshly spoken. ]
action;
[ She plucked at his jacket idly. Her hands were soft, woman's hands. They knew no hard work of that kind, but her heart did. Could hearts even have callouses? They said Catherine of Aragon's heart was black, that Henry had poisoned and she'd died of heart break. ]
Do many die in the battles here? [ a dark question, but she needed to hear from some one who could say it softly, and kindly. Words of death should never be harshly spoken. ]