Damn it, it was backfiring! Tig didn't know what to rebuke - that she was defending Tiberius or that marital relations weren't as bad as she was trying to convince her they were. "I'm not defending him," she snapped back. If Ellory ever let it slip at some family gathering that she'd said nice things about Tiberius in front of Tiberius... Well she'd have no option but to never see him again and that would inevitably result in death one way or another.
"I've had five years to get used to it. But you're weak, you won't make it through childbirth. That's even worse." Tig unhooked her arm from Ellory's. "If you keep talking, whatever nonsense you like, it'll probably distract him enough to make it half-tolerable." That was the last attempt at advice she was going to offer, if her efforts hadn't been in vain Ellory might at least irritate her new husband with her inane bedtime chatter. Tig would certainly want to smother her to death with a pillow if she had to listen to her talk all night. Then again, Ellory didn't need to say anything at all to provoke murderous urges in Antigone.
"I've had five years to get used to it. But you're weak, you won't make it through childbirth. That's even worse." Tig unhooked her arm from Ellory's. "If you keep talking, whatever nonsense you like, it'll probably distract him enough to make it half-tolerable." That was the last attempt at advice she was going to offer, if her efforts hadn't been in vain Ellory might at least irritate her new husband with her inane bedtime chatter. Tig would certainly want to smother her to death with a pillow if she had to listen to her talk all night. Then again, Ellory didn't need to say anything at all to provoke murderous urges in Antigone.
