#ugh im losing it
Holy shit it’s so much more than an accidental stone smash. It’s FCG starting their conversation with Imogen with “you really seem to trust Laudna” and Imogen’s ready agreement. It’s the subsequent reiteration of her trust in Laudna, the comfort at the thought of having her there in her nightmares. It’s the conversation with Imogen, the note Laudna has taken of her growth. It’s the trust it takes Imogen to admit that safety, from this rock, might not be quite right. It’s the camaraderie Laudna offers before she asks to see it.
Everything that led up to that moment was primed to make it terrible - to make Imogen reconsider the entire foundation of their relationship and maybe even wonder (probably not for the first time) whether she’s been being used. Whether Laudna has a reason to take away any comfort and safety that does not come from her. That’s a more terrible prospect to her - that Laudna could be looking to control her - than the possibility that Laudna herself is being controlled. The way she reacts for that long and terrible moment tells me on some level that the vague anxiety around being used has never been much further away than the fear of being rejected.
Imogen wondered if her emotional outbursts had been so extreme because of the stone’s influence. I guess we’re all about to find out.
