she isn't the doe-eyed, romantic fool she was when katherine had pressed faux-feather pillow into her throat. she's not even the girl who was once swayed by extravagant gifts of bracelets and promises of paris. she's lived and died and hurt and survived along the way, and these days, caroline cares a lot less about what someone gives and more about what they do. and it's the failure to do, she finds, that hurts the most. the failure to live up to promises, or barring that, basic expectations.
which, come to think of it, might be more important right now. setting expectations, rather than making jokes. so she considers katherine for a moment, settling her cup onto the table with a quiet clink of ceramic to wood, and lets out a slow, measured exhale before she puts words between them. more serious, this time, but by no means defensive. ]
I didn't poison your drink, Katherine.
[ that's never been caroline's game. ]
I'm pretty sure you know I don't know how to do that.
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she isn't the doe-eyed, romantic fool she was when katherine had pressed faux-feather pillow into her throat. she's not even the girl who was once swayed by extravagant gifts of bracelets and promises of paris. she's lived and died and hurt and survived along the way, and these days, caroline cares a lot less about what someone gives and more about what they do. and it's the failure to do, she finds, that hurts the most. the failure to live up to promises, or barring that, basic expectations.
which, come to think of it, might be more important right now. setting expectations, rather than making jokes. so she considers katherine for a moment, settling her cup onto the table with a quiet clink of ceramic to wood, and lets out a slow, measured exhale before she puts words between them. more serious, this time, but by no means defensive. ]
I didn't poison your drink, Katherine.
[ that's never been caroline's game. ]
I'm pretty sure you know I don't know how to do that.