Because anything given freely can easily become a shackle.
[Vennessa does not, and has never believed in taking things given to her on a platter. She fights for things, earns them, not accepting them simply because they were handed to her without her having done something to deserve it.
But she doesn't give her answer sounding like she feels hard done by. It's simply the way she sees the world. Even freedom, when given freely, is just another chain. She had said as much to Venti when he had offered to break her free of her imprisonment what feels like only weeks ago.
She had never earned a Vision either and she wasn't bitter about that - the attention of the gods had never been something she desired - but the same thing applies.]
Being brought here at all was strange enough, but then being told I can wield magic, too? Surely you can understand why I might be wary of it.
[Any sensible person would be wary of it, as far as Vennessa is concerned.]
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[Vennessa does not, and has never believed in taking things given to her on a platter. She fights for things, earns them, not accepting them simply because they were handed to her without her having done something to deserve it.
But she doesn't give her answer sounding like she feels hard done by. It's simply the way she sees the world. Even freedom, when given freely, is just another chain. She had said as much to Venti when he had offered to break her free of her imprisonment what feels like only weeks ago.
She had never earned a Vision either and she wasn't bitter about that - the attention of the gods had never been something she desired - but the same thing applies.]
Being brought here at all was strange enough, but then being told I can wield magic, too? Surely you can understand why I might be wary of it.
[Any sensible person would be wary of it, as far as Vennessa is concerned.]