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This makes my brain feel confused. She wasn’t living the greatest life and was mistreated due to being unable to match with anyone. Goes through the traumatic experience of being yanked through a gate and lands in another dimension. Had the Grand duke not come to find her, she would have quite possibly already died from the environment or met a worse fate of someone else even worse coming across her.
She herself doesn’t do too well with actually slowing down and listening to the circumstances she was now in. Though that would be difficult with adrenaline pumping and having a flight response. Then you have the duke who didn’t have much hope for being able to have a future all of a sudden receiving hope but it won’t last long at all. It’s a horrible situation for both sides and both sides are anxious for their own survival.
Does that make it ok for him to try to detain her in the castle and not share any information with her? Absolutely not. But she also is kind of lucky to have met someone who is even willing to share any information to begin with. She also a freedom to move around just not leave the castle. She could have been picked up by someone who literally kept her imprisoned with a chains and strip her freedom in all ways.
Just makes me think about how if my reality became like this, I don’t think I would be able to have any chance at survival if I don’t try to adapt to what’s around me before losing it about being sent home. Like for instance, asking the duke how everyone has been able to survive and why he seemed so attached with me not leaving. Or asking if we could have some sort of exchange rather than a one sided benefit deal. ╥﹏╥