It occurred to him to try and say this out loud. Though once again, it was tough.
He set down his fork and leaned forward, not entirely looking at her, keeping his voice very low.
"I don't want this to be the power dynamic between us. But as far as anyone else needs to know our business…" [Imperial] "law and custom is that husband outranks any other male family member in control over a woman's life."
(Made him feel dirty even saying it, but it wouldn't Sward.)
"If you could avoid doing anything that would get me—" as Sward, he had to include— "demoted," but mainly: "arrested or executed, that would be great. But… since we're not actually going to do things that way… you can use it. I'm not going to try to tell you what to do. But I can always be your alibi to empower whatever you choose to do. …Do you get what I'm trying to say?"
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Date: 2019-06-14 01:28 am (UTC)It occurred to him to try and say this out loud. Though once again, it was tough.
He set down his fork and leaned forward, not entirely looking at her, keeping his voice very low.
"I don't want this to be the power dynamic between us. But as far as anyone else needs to know our business…" [Imperial] "law and custom is that husband outranks any other male family member in control over a woman's life."
(Made him feel dirty even saying it, but it wouldn't Sward.)
"If you could avoid doing anything that would get me—" as Sward, he had to include— "demoted," but mainly: "arrested or executed, that would be great. But… since we're not actually going to do things that way… you can use it. I'm not going to try to tell you what to do. But I can always be your alibi to empower whatever you choose to do. …Do you get what I'm trying to say?"