[This, here, is her sticking point. This is the fact that makes her situation inescapable.]
The people depend on the flood. The flood depends on the gods. Therefore, if I don't fulfill my duty...the harvest will be bad, and food will be scarce. It's the common people who would suffer most, in a situation like that. So, I can't lose the gods' favor -- the cost is too great.
[And all that she upholds would come crashing down, crushing the people below, noble or common. Her heart beats hard as she shows Bakura the counterweight, the enormous limestone block that holds the cage-door closed, even though they're close enough that the air and water between them has begun to feel hot. Bakura may be disappointed. Atem would like to come with her, to ride her horse again instead of being driven on a chariot along precisely guarded streets, to face a challenge more exciting than disputes over taxes, to test her power and smarts against something worthy...
...but she can't.]
This is one trap even you can't get past, Bakura. I can't be sprung.
no subject
According to nature.
[This, here, is her sticking point. This is the fact that makes her situation inescapable.]
The people depend on the flood. The flood depends on the gods. Therefore, if I don't fulfill my duty...the harvest will be bad, and food will be scarce. It's the common people who would suffer most, in a situation like that. So, I can't lose the gods' favor -- the cost is too great.
[And all that she upholds would come crashing down, crushing the people below, noble or common. Her heart beats hard as she shows Bakura the counterweight, the enormous limestone block that holds the cage-door closed, even though they're close enough that the air and water between them has begun to feel hot. Bakura may be disappointed. Atem would like to come with her, to ride her horse again instead of being driven on a chariot along precisely guarded streets, to face a challenge more exciting than disputes over taxes, to test her power and smarts against something worthy...
...but she can't.]
This is one trap even you can't get past, Bakura. I can't be sprung.