Date: 2012-04-04 10:27 pm (UTC)
This is great, and just how I could imagine Cara feeling. I can just hear Kahlan, too, all about 'Mord'Sith are evil but you're the exception.' And Zedd being the one most sensitive to her feelings is perfect.

She could never forget the torture that Darken had inflicted on her in order to win back her loyalty. Is this an AU where they got her away from Darken without the Spell of Undoing, then?

.Why should Kahlan perpetuate this feared lineage, while destroying the institution that had made Cara as formidable a warrior as Kahlan herself? It was also unfair; only Confessor daughters were Confessors, but many a young woman of unremarkable birth had risen to become a powerful and respected Mord'Sith.

I love this - getting at the similarities between Confessors and Mord'Sith, and also the second line has this great hint of class consciousness. The Mord'Sith are feared warriors, but in that other reality Cara is a schoolteacher, which one hopes is a respected profession, but where she can't have the power to affect much political change - something Kahlan has been trained to do and probably considers her right and responsibility. And that's just one area of tension.

"Kahlan," Cara said bitterly. Then the words spilled out, how she didn't want to be the last of her kind anymore than Kahlan did, how the planned eradication of the Mord'Sith made her feel unwanted. It must be the magic still lingering in this area, she thought, unable to stop. At one point Zedd put one arm around her and she didn't pull away. Finally, blinking hard –the sea breeze must be making her eyes damp - she said once more, "I'm not broken. I'm Cara and I'm a Mord'Sith and I am not ashamed."

I just love this so much :D



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