She just went ahead and said it. "Good opinions are nice to have, but they're not worth pursuing from people you haven't also formed a good opinion of. You do not yet know these court people, and they do not know who you really are. I'd say leave off from being affected by them, at least until they've proven themselves as worthy of befriending as I know you to be."
Her eyes narrowing, Hilde looked into the distance before adding, "And I don't care whose sibling some of them are. Everyone should be judged on their own merit, don't you think so?"
For some reason, hearing the last part made Gisela laugh, and quite heartily. "That was as much as HE said," she told Hilde, cheeks dimpling. "I was telling the truth, Cousin. What happened between us was my fault, not Theodar's. My naïve presumpt
