[Well. At least there's that - the knowledge that if she didn't do what she was required, someone else would have to. She hopes it's something that's stuck for the girl. Better to do things like that yourself. At least there's a kind of security in that - knowing you did whatever you could.
She sets the glass down on the table between them. It's empty now, though she doesn't gesture for him to top her off with the bottle he's drinking from. She can feel the loose hum of the drink in the back of her throat, in the set of her shoulders and the idea of getting buzzed in Corvo Attano's company isn't exactly appealing. There are better people, better places to get some real drinking done.
(Which, hell, she might look in to that.)]
Good.
[How cruel is that? To approve of those circumstances? When he says 'cleaning up', he means dealing with Jasper's corpse. But it isn't like the boy's dead now, so as far as she's concerned it's settled. Any potential hurt over it doesn't exactly have grounds to exist anymore.]
And they let her get away with that? The officers?
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She sets the glass down on the table between them. It's empty now, though she doesn't gesture for him to top her off with the bottle he's drinking from. She can feel the loose hum of the drink in the back of her throat, in the set of her shoulders and the idea of getting buzzed in Corvo Attano's company isn't exactly appealing. There are better people, better places to get some real drinking done.
(Which, hell, she might look in to that.)]
Good.
[How cruel is that? To approve of those circumstances? When he says 'cleaning up', he means dealing with Jasper's corpse. But it isn't like the boy's dead now, so as far as she's concerned it's settled. Any potential hurt over it doesn't exactly have grounds to exist anymore.]
And they let her get away with that? The officers?