[Sieglinde didn't mind if people cared. Anyone should be glad to have people who cared about them. But the form that care took... it felt smothering at times, to someone who had been raised making her own decisions and lording over a village.
Her fingers tighten over the focus wheel of the microscope, jaw grit in frustration, in the grief she has yet to actually allow herself to dwell upon.]
But you hardly have to worry. Unlike Patroclus, I am not trusted enough to go out by myself while those who might fight by my side protect the weak.
[Though she has allowed herself to dwell on the fact that if it weren't for her, Achilles would have been with Patroclus that night. If she weren't seen as needing protecting all the time, if Achilles hadn't come with her instead...
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[Sieglinde didn't mind if people cared. Anyone should be glad to have people who cared about them. But the form that care took... it felt smothering at times, to someone who had been raised making her own decisions and lording over a village.
Her fingers tighten over the focus wheel of the microscope, jaw grit in frustration, in the grief she has yet to actually allow herself to dwell upon.]
But you hardly have to worry. Unlike Patroclus, I am not trusted enough to go out by myself while those who might fight by my side protect the weak.
[Though she has allowed herself to dwell on the fact that if it weren't for her, Achilles would have been with Patroclus that night. If she weren't seen as needing protecting all the time, if Achilles hadn't come with her instead...
He might still be alive.]