[It has been, in a way, at least a break from Asteria, and from her caution. She doesn't need to guard her secrets quite so closely, here, she'd let Jules see her shifting, had shared all those poems over the network even if she didn't put a name to them.]
It's hardly something I can switch off.
[Those survival instincts, the need to constantly be working because there's nothing else left for her. She can be a little more relaxed, can deal with people a little more honestly, instead of wrapping herself up in roles and lies, but the thought of not being the Sphinx or some form of her is terrifying.]
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It's hardly something I can switch off.
[Those survival instincts, the need to constantly be working because there's nothing else left for her. She can be a little more relaxed, can deal with people a little more honestly, instead of wrapping herself up in roles and lies, but the thought of not being the Sphinx or some form of her is terrifying.]