Porphyria could see scepticism written all over his face, and he spoke of ‘intelligent women’ as if they were mythical creatures, and at this point she was sure she could have shocked and appalled him with the resources of foul language she possessed.
But that felt like precisely what he wanted, for her to explode – she and her sisters had suffered the same placid smugness at home yesterday. And, though she would not have hesitated to hex her brothers, she felt as though she shouldn’t begin hexing strangers on the street. (Not yet, at least.)
“Well,” Phyri responded, with a false brightness in tone designed to conceal her boiling rage, “if they are truly intelligent, they won’t be reading the Prophet any more at all.” She gestured at her advertisements for a boycott again with a sharp flourish. For if they did not care about women’s opinions, then surely they would care about their economy. “And I’m sure the paper will realise that women are very capable of expressing themselves in word and deed.”
(If Phyri hexed this man, he might even learn that too.)
But that felt like precisely what he wanted, for her to explode – she and her sisters had suffered the same placid smugness at home yesterday. And, though she would not have hesitated to hex her brothers, she felt as though she shouldn’t begin hexing strangers on the street. (Not yet, at least.)
“Well,” Phyri responded, with a false brightness in tone designed to conceal her boiling rage, “if they are truly intelligent, they won’t be reading the Prophet any more at all.” She gestured at her advertisements for a boycott again with a sharp flourish. For if they did not care about women’s opinions, then surely they would care about their economy. “And I’m sure the paper will realise that women are very capable of expressing themselves in word and deed.”
(If Phyri hexed this man, he might even learn that too.)
a sublime set by Lady! <3