[ . . . . . hm. She takes a moment to consider her words seriously, though in the end they just come out in a sigh.]
Well, it's a bit too late for me to avoid being kidnapped. [She says it with a smile.] But such things have happened before - and I would rather err on the side of caution than be used to bargain against my country again.
[Though it seems she has more to say. She hesitates for a fraction of a second before she just continues on-]
.... and people treat me differently. I know they probably don't mean to, but... it's nice being treated as Natalia for once and judged on my own merit than my birth.
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Well, it's a bit too late for me to avoid being kidnapped. [She says it with a smile.] But such things have happened before - and I would rather err on the side of caution than be used to bargain against my country again.
[Though it seems she has more to say. She hesitates for a fraction of a second before she just continues on-]
.... and people treat me differently. I know they probably don't mean to, but... it's nice being treated as Natalia for once and judged on my own merit than my birth.