No, I'm usually more aware when my words are bound to hit their target. [It's an admission that's true. Lexa will twist words around to hurt someone, but calling him insufferable when he's inside of her head (and clearly thought the same before he voiced it) hadn't seemed like a problem. So, it's the matter of voicing it that's the issue.]
Though you should be careful about insulting my upbringing. [It doesn't make her bristle, but it's not like her people are strangers to being seen as wild and uncivilized. It's part of why she wanted to change the minds of Skaikru, to help them see that her people live certain ways due to survival, and not because they deserve to be looked down on.]
That said, I'm the leader of my people back home. I imagine our civilization is far different from your own. We can't risk being sensitive about these things. I'm certain you think I'm being strange, but understanding where I come from will make it easier for us to work together in the future. Protecting you is protecting myself. None of us will be replaced should we die. [Yes, she imagines that he's going to say she's making it strange, but she's trying to get this out of the way.
But really, Lexa will just keep her thoughts to herself about him.
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Though you should be careful about insulting my upbringing. [It doesn't make her bristle, but it's not like her people are strangers to being seen as wild and uncivilized. It's part of why she wanted to change the minds of Skaikru, to help them see that her people live certain ways due to survival, and not because they deserve to be looked down on.]
That said, I'm the leader of my people back home. I imagine our civilization is far different from your own. We can't risk being sensitive about these things. I'm certain you think I'm being strange, but understanding where I come from will make it easier for us to work together in the future. Protecting you is protecting myself. None of us will be replaced should we die. [Yes, she imagines that he's going to say she's making it strange, but she's trying to get this out of the way.
But really, Lexa will just keep her thoughts to herself about him.
As much as she can, anyway.]