Hoshor Plains of a chain reaction of countermoves

While she was relieved that he was leaving, his parting words gave her pause, and her lips drew a straight line. Maybe elsewhere they did, but here? They didn't; you conformed, or you were alienated for it. There was no in-between with the moonpacks.

She sighed and shook her head as she returned to her work, wishing it could be as simple as he had said.