Reinette was glad that Jack made their excuses, because should would have found it tempting not to even bother. Which really would not do. Just because they were obviously lacking did not mean she should lower herself to be. She was ever polite, even if coolly so.
Even so, did that woman truly think she was her?
Her face tilted up towards Jack's profile to catch and register his words, and after a brief smile of agreement she moved to wait for him in the designated room. It was all the conversation that was required.
The room was not as simple to reach as it might initially seem. It was obviously marked off from the guests, but not everyone had her knowledge of the building. What she counted as her home. It took a few more steps, and two extra corridors -- but she arrived.
Reinette pulled a breath.
An alcove she had ordered reworked mere months before not stood completely altered. It was very nearly gone, sacrificed to changing architecture. The walls the rugs and the furnishings were all different than she knew as well.
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Date: 2010-07-09 02:06 am (UTC)Even so, did that woman truly think she was her?
Her face tilted up towards Jack's profile to catch and register his words, and after a brief smile of agreement she moved to wait for him in the designated room. It was all the conversation that was required.
The room was not as simple to reach as it might initially seem. It was obviously marked off from the guests, but not everyone had her knowledge of the building. What she counted as her home. It took a few more steps, and two extra corridors -- but she arrived.
Reinette pulled a breath.
An alcove she had ordered reworked mere months before not stood completely altered. It was very nearly gone, sacrificed to changing architecture. The walls the rugs and the furnishings were all different than she knew as well.
But at one end of it? A stone bust of herself.
One she had yet to stand for.