i know the novel ended badly too but fr?! literally could’ve had any other ending. WHY NOT GO OFF SCRIPT?! AND WHY NOT JUST CLEAR THE AIR AND COMMUNICATE GOD DAMN
In the novel, she chose specifically not to tell him the truth of why she'd returned home because she believed she deserved his punishment. She was so overcome with the guilt of what she'd done, that she didn't want him to feel grief and guilt because it would mean making him hurt more and all over again from the betrayal. She believed losing the ability to walk was her way of atoning for what she did to him and Swanhild
i know the novel ended badly too but fr?! literally could’ve had any other ending. WHY NOT GO OFF SCRIPT?! AND WHY NOT JUST CLEAR THE AIR AND COMMUNICATE GOD DAMN
In the novel, she chose specifically not to tell him the truth of why she'd returned home because she believed she deserved his punishment. She was so overcome with the guilt of what she'd done, that she didn't want him to feel grief and guilt because it would mean making him hurt more and all over again from the betrayal. She believed losing the ability to walk was her way of atoning for what she did to him and Swanhild