It's not her usual stance to take in such festivities, but it's what's bearable. It keeps the metaphorical veil on, keeps her moving, alert, feet above the earth that wants to pull her in.
(She knows she's evading the other angle to Cassandra's question, but it has to be done. This is not the time to spill something tangled and messy across the flowers before her.)
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It's not her usual stance to take in such festivities, but it's what's bearable. It keeps the metaphorical veil on, keeps her moving, alert, feet above the earth that wants to pull her in.
(She knows she's evading the other angle to Cassandra's question, but it has to be done. This is not the time to spill something tangled and messy across the flowers before her.)