"I don't have that much free time," Claudia said. A couple of hours most days, unless there was something special planned. Women's work was as important as the men's, and she was not completely excused from any of it.
She was starting to feel a little uncomfortable just standing there, and moved to sit on the edge of the bed, opposite from Gabriel. She'd never spent the night here, despite the assumptions of all in the village and beyond. "It's just that one more mouth to feed can be the difference between life and death to these people. They didn't exactly have a choice but to take me as part of your household, when any other man or woman would have had to go through lots of negotiations with both villages if they were joining together. So forgive me if I feel like I owe them a little more than the benefits of your tributes and 'protection.'"
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Date: 2016-06-01 03:48 am (UTC)From:She was starting to feel a little uncomfortable just standing there, and moved to sit on the edge of the bed, opposite from Gabriel. She'd never spent the night here, despite the assumptions of all in the village and beyond. "It's just that one more mouth to feed can be the difference between life and death to these people. They didn't exactly have a choice but to take me as part of your household, when any other man or woman would have had to go through lots of negotiations with both villages if they were joining together. So forgive me if I feel like I owe them a little more than the benefits of your tributes and 'protection.'"