[There are many things that Lexa can say, defensive remarks that would explain why she dislikes Rhys so much after that conversation. But none of them come to her tongue. None of them make it on the way out of her mouth. She simply stares at Angel heavily, eyes focused and mind clearing. It's a way of removing herself from that urge, along with the emotions involved. The line of her mouth goes straight, and before she speaks her eyes almost look unfocused for a moment (to further remove herself from any emotions).]
I do not need to be lectured about the harsh ways of your world. [She delivers these words with a sense of finality: like she is closing a book, ensuring that she doesn't need to reopen it again. Lexa shares little about her world, and while she has ideas about how to fix Pandora, she knows that her people only work in the carefully constructed ecosystem because of her rule. Otherwise, they would have been picked off by each other or the Mountain Men much sooner.
In fact, it's likely they were kept alive as long as they were because the Mountain Men needed the blood in their bodies.
Lexa considers saying more, but sometimes it's better to say less and give away nothing.]
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I do not need to be lectured about the harsh ways of your world. [She delivers these words with a sense of finality: like she is closing a book, ensuring that she doesn't need to reopen it again. Lexa shares little about her world, and while she has ideas about how to fix Pandora, she knows that her people only work in the carefully constructed ecosystem because of her rule. Otherwise, they would have been picked off by each other or the Mountain Men much sooner.
In fact, it's likely they were kept alive as long as they were because the Mountain Men needed the blood in their bodies.
Lexa considers saying more, but sometimes it's better to say less and give away nothing.]