#still proud of the fc choice. lorde has exactly the right 'haunted by the terrors' look.

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@ofprevioustimes liked for a starter!

the priestess watches the young woman with pity, in silence. the grief that befalls them all is not her fault and yet the blame she will carry for great men never would carry that burden when there was a woman whose shoulders they could drape it across instead. kassandra knows that helen did not ask for this any more than she herself had asked for her gifts.

what terrible horrors could be done in the name of ' love. '

" hail, helen of sparta. do not fear, i bring no prophecy for you, only companionship. " she knew anything she said would be disbelieved, so it was far better to say little and let the silence act as a balm instead.