Try not to judge my writing too harshly, my brother was always the academic between us.

[ Said with a small shrug and a smile that quickly falters at what's said next. ]

I'm sorry to hear that, about your world I mean. [ Her own back stiffens and she gives a look that's much more akin to understanding than sympathy. ] If this place really is free from games men play, I may want to stay here myself. [ Though she'd feel...guilty for leaving behind her own duties. But a place where she could just be herself, free from even the subtle manipulations of her own brothers? Well, it might be nice. ]