@survivedempathy / @vetrhridar : He's just going to gesture, his head nodding discreetly towards where the Queen of Tyvia stands further in the ballroom, laughing at her sister. He knows the two were friends years ago, before everything. His eyes move to meet Emily's carefully, eyebrows raising in question. "You talk to her?" He signs quickly, unbothered by the glances towards him. / survivedempathy corvo (set like. During Elsa’s coronation thing okay let me indulge myself.) ➜ ACCEPTING / this is random .
the voices around the throne room hall echo quietly, choruses of different voices chiming in to create a social function. emily kaldwin didn’t have the same type of coronation. circumstances were far too dire for her to wait to be of age. corvo & a few select members of a royal court made the bigger decisions. emily was just a figurehead until her first big decision: the regenters fates after they attacked she & alexi mayhew. emily just glanced at corvo’s features, standing tall, hands linked behind her back. a very rigid, proud stance. corvo attano is many things, but he has never once failed at being an excellent father. spymaster isn’t the reason he knows her friendships; it’s the fact she cares. emily was planning on congratulating elsa as it was. a speech about region bonds, something uplifting to promote unity & allyship. emily’s lips are pursed. no, he’s asking not out of the empress to the new queen of emily’s empire -- but to be an old friend again.
“ i don’t think it’s relevant anymore to ask her if she wants to play hide and seek. ” as if that was the only option, emily knows it isn’t. it’s just exceptionally overwhelming to drudge up a childhood that was torn apart by various circumstances & then laced with a rat plague just to usurp the throne. emily’s voice is soft, words spoken just for him. sepia eyes soften, though. that was sarcasm, but she might try speaking to elsa like an old friend none the less -- just not exactly like the sarcasm.
