[Ah, Ana knew that sort of smile, because she tended to make it fairly often to people with whom she didn't want to interact. It was the sort of smile that she gave him in return then, keeping the mask of blank indifference rather than the concern that she had over his words.
Anastasia didn't beg people for things other than outside a very specific context that she really had control over. She'd been a queen for too long to even remember how things worked without that framework, and even when she'd been in Sherwood in the Enchanted Forest, Ana hadn't been the sort to beg. It wasn't in the nature of how she was raised, and it wasn't in the nature of who she was. It couldn't be, because pride wouldn't let it be.
Allowing herself a fraction of dislike to come through, she spoke again.]
I suppose begging [she said it like she was biting into a lemon.] doesn't work to return one home?
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Anastasia didn't beg people for things other than outside a very specific context that she really had control over. She'd been a queen for too long to even remember how things worked without that framework, and even when she'd been in Sherwood in the Enchanted Forest, Ana hadn't been the sort to beg. It wasn't in the nature of how she was raised, and it wasn't in the nature of who she was. It couldn't be, because pride wouldn't let it be.
Allowing herself a fraction of dislike to come through, she spoke again.]
I suppose begging [she said it like she was biting into a lemon.] doesn't work to return one home?