[She almost doesn't say anything. She's sure that Ned doesn't want to hear from her. She's got to be a reminder.]
[So she compromises: leaves off her voice, her face, and writes, to the best of her ability, as if she's someone else.]
Ned,
There are some secrets that people keep for other people to make them obedient. That's also known as blackmail. Great men and women are blackmailed all the time because they think that their secrets are too shameful and terrible to be seen by other people. That they'll be condemned for their flaws or their powers or their crimes.
I can't make anything better but I can tell you you're not alone.
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Date: 2013-10-14 03:54 am (UTC)[So she compromises: leaves off her voice, her face, and writes, to the best of her ability, as if she's someone else.]
Ned,
There are some secrets that people keep for other people to make them obedient. That's also known as blackmail. Great men and women are blackmailed all the time because they think that their secrets are too shameful and terrible to be seen by other people. That they'll be condemned for their flaws or their powers or their crimes.
I can't make anything better but I can tell you you're not alone.
- A.