[ And then as soon as that's sent off, she winces at the stupidity of saying something like that. "Lizzie" pretends to be perfectly docile and obedient and not at all a trouble-maker; explicitly saying that speaking out against your government is a good thing is a deeply un-Lizzie thing to say. She takes a few moments and debates sending some follow-up, something that would make that less egregiously suspicious...But no, any attempt to explain that away would just draw even more attention, wouldn't it? Maybe Kate just won't notice; after all, it's a lot less uncommon to say that sort of thing here than it was back in her home. ]
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Because it's the right thing to do.
[ And then as soon as that's sent off, she winces at the stupidity of saying something like that. "Lizzie" pretends to be perfectly docile and obedient and not at all a trouble-maker; explicitly saying that speaking out against your government is a good thing is a deeply un-Lizzie thing to say. She takes a few moments and debates sending some follow-up, something that would make that less egregiously suspicious...But no, any attempt to explain that away would just draw even more attention, wouldn't it? Maybe Kate just won't notice; after all, it's a lot less uncommon to say that sort of thing here than it was back in her home. ]