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i feel you..it's nit like she was picked elsewhere making her not part of the interity of the family tree, her thinking that way and telling her brothers they're nit related is quite tretch but you know technically in her head they're not really related only by
the shell the content isn't, so its like half wrong half correct.
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I believe it's because if they're born from cheating, they will be treated as illegitimate regardless. Then usually the illegitimate child will get disdain and be hated by the legitimate child. I believe Lini is just protecting herself there, she doesn't wanna get hurt the second time she's assuming things so she wouldn't get hurt (though by doing that she's hurting herself)
Maybe im just confused but her brothers are all her mother's children are they not? Like they would be half siblings... so even if she was illegitimate on the duke's side she's still the dutchess' child...