i am no mother, i am no bride

Maybe after another year has passed she will feel brave enough to broach the subject herself; for now, she just lets herself cling to his shoulders and muffles her cries with a bit lip. Not that there's any need to try and silence herself, since none would be brave enough to venture into her chambers unless the emergency was dire indeed, and it's not like it's a secret that Eskel is her lover. Still. Some things are meant to be relatively private.