[She was right, it was wrong... But what was the right one? It was supposed to be one that did not warrant or elicit the impression she gets from Akua, then. One that she herself would give a woman, perhaps, who said something similar... But-]
This is not going correctly...
[In her head, she had practiced a few times before approaching the other woman, but now...]
We. We spoke... about what it meant in my lands, for a woman to take her hair down. And they said... I was free to take my hair down with whoever I chose.
[... Because she was free, now. Because she should be allowed to take what she desires. But it had felt so confusing, to a woman used to the idea of monogamy being the only path women were allowed, to men not forgiving such things. So what-]
So... There should... There should be no ill wills. "Disloyalty" is... my own issue. I meant to reassure you...
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[She was right, it was wrong... But what was the right one? It was supposed to be one that did not warrant or elicit the impression she gets from Akua, then. One that she herself would give a woman, perhaps, who said something similar... But-]
This is not going correctly...
[In her head, she had practiced a few times before approaching the other woman, but now...]
We. We spoke... about what it meant in my lands, for a woman to take her hair down. And they said... I was free to take my hair down with whoever I chose.
[... Because she was free, now. Because she should be allowed to take what she desires. But it had felt so confusing, to a woman used to the idea of monogamy being the only path women were allowed, to men not forgiving such things. So what-]
So... There should... There should be no ill wills. "Disloyalty" is... my own issue. I meant to reassure you...