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House. Wardrobe. Coats.
neverbeatme
"It is when I'm confused and don't know that you're a queen," she says. "I'm sorry, your majesty, I didn't mean to be rude."
neverbeatme
"Well, I was in an abandoned house and it was summer, and now I'm in a forest and it's winter," she says. "I didn't know that was a thing that could happen."
charning
"Hmmmm," says the Queen, and then she smiles a little. "You have a coat, but are you quite warm? If you will come up here I will give you something hot to drink."
neverbeatme
"I'm... a little chilly," she concedes. "But I'm okay. I wouldn't want to impose, with you being a queen and all. You probably have lots to do that's more important than me."
neverbeatme
Damn.
"Okay," she says doubtfully. She gets up and brushes snow off her coat, and considers bolting, and decides the risks outweigh the benefits. Up she goes.
"Okay," she says doubtfully. She gets up and brushes snow off her coat, and considers bolting, and decides the risks outweigh the benefits. Up she goes.
charning
The queen wraps a corner of her fur around James and tips a bit of liquid into the snow; it turns into a chalice full of some steaming liquid, which the dwarf fetches up to Elizabeth with a bow.
neverbeatme
"Thank you," she says, sounding slightly startled.
There is no opportunity to avoid drinking the drink. But - as far as she can tell, going on limited information, it would be more dangerous not to. So she sips it tentatively.
There is no opportunity to avoid drinking the drink. But - as far as she can tell, going on limited information, it would be more dangerous not to. So she sips it tentatively.
neverbeatme
"A little," she says. "I know where I am and where I came from, but I don't really know where anything else is."
neverbeatme
If she keeps dodging, it's going to be obvious that she has something to hide.
She - tries to shake her head and say 'no'.
What comes out instead is, "Just a faun."
It feels and sounds like a reasonable thing to say. If she wasn't paying attention, if she was letting herself be swayed by the warm sleepy feelings induced by the magic drink, she might not even notice. But it is definitely not what she meant to say - the opposite, in fact: it's what she meant to hide.
Elizabeth rapidly reevaluates her policy on dodging vs. lying. And does her very best to continue looking warm and sleepy and unalarmed.
She - tries to shake her head and say 'no'.
What comes out instead is, "Just a faun."
It feels and sounds like a reasonable thing to say. If she wasn't paying attention, if she was letting herself be swayed by the warm sleepy feelings induced by the magic drink, she might not even notice. But it is definitely not what she meant to say - the opposite, in fact: it's what she meant to hide.
Elizabeth rapidly reevaluates her policy on dodging vs. lying. And does her very best to continue looking warm and sleepy and unalarmed.
charning
"A faun! What is the faun's name? How unkind of him to leave you all alone lost in the woods."
neverbeatme
"I didn't ask," she murmurs. Technically true. "I was really surprised. They don't have fauns where I'm from, just humans. But I guess things are different in magic forests."
neverbeatme
"I think so. He asked me if I was a daughter of Eve and I didn't know what he meant. My mom's name was Samantha."
charning
"How interesting. Back in your country full of humans do you have any brothers or sisters or little friends your own age, I wonder?"
neverbeatme
"I know some kids my own age. Not a lot, because I live in a little town. I don't have any brothers or sisters."