It's different now, like pushing the stop lever on my camera until nothing except the war can squeeze through the lens.
I wish I wasn't an imperial highness or an ex-grand duchess. I'm sick of people doing things to me because of what I am. Girl-in-white-dress. Short-one-with-fringe. Daughter-of-the-tsar. Child-of-the-...
We should be used to it, Tatiana reasons. There have always been lines separating us from the rest of the world, whether they were satin ribbons or iron rails.