Slowly, Alice's movements became less stiff, and she even started enjoying the attention they were giving her. Erik noticed and smiled, without stopping his own hand from waving or taking his eyes off the crowd.
"I know your main purpose is still to get revenge on the hunters for what happened to your mom, Alice, but I hope you'll remember there's a world beyond revenge," he muttered gently.
Alice scoffed, a little uncomfortable with this line of conversation. "You're one to talk…" she grumbled defensively. "Don't pretend you wouldn't burn this empire down to get revenge on Edda."
Next to them, Ankhur was waving at the crowd as well, but Alice's words caused his eyebrows to twitch, only worsened by Erik's response.
