Medja appreciated every glimmer in Nym's eyes and every smile she invoked as she told her tale. The vizier took great joy in putting on a spectacle and witnessing the reactions she could conjure out of others. When Nym spoke, however, Medja frowned. Here before her was a princess who had been deprived of a proper family or upbringing; offered luxury, perhaps, but not a proper youth. Nym's history may not have been "remarkable," but one could certainly draw parallels between hers and Medja's.
The floating woman reached out and held a finger to the underside of Nym's chin.
"Your story is only just beginning, darling. You'll have plenty of time to make remarkable memories of your own."
Medja smiled briefly, but her tone quickly shifted from soft to serious. Though Medja couldn't comprehend why, Nym held some level of admiration for her father, the man that viewed her as a tool rather than a person by her own admission. The Vizier of Stars had a much different outlook.
"I have no intention of 'using' you at all, my dear. Merely guiding you. Nurturing you. Don't look at your tenure under me as a shackle." She settled down on the bed next to Nym and looked her in the eyes, green orbs meeting each other in solidarity. "Look at it as an opportunity to get what you want."
The floating woman reached out and held a finger to the underside of Nym's chin.
"Your story is only just beginning, darling. You'll have plenty of time to make remarkable memories of your own."
Medja smiled briefly, but her tone quickly shifted from soft to serious. Though Medja couldn't comprehend why, Nym held some level of admiration for her father, the man that viewed her as a tool rather than a person by her own admission. The Vizier of Stars had a much different outlook.
"I have no intention of 'using' you at all, my dear. Merely guiding you. Nurturing you. Don't look at your tenure under me as a shackle." She settled down on the bed next to Nym and looked her in the eyes, green orbs meeting each other in solidarity. "Look at it as an opportunity to get what you want."