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Rapunzel doesn't sleep well, and she does wind up wrapped up in her hair overnight like a golden-cocooned butterfly. She's still dozing fitfully when the sun comes up.
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hisowninvention
Rolan follows, sticking close to Rapunzel. He did say he'd stay with her, after all.
powershines
Rapunzel appreciates this. And keeps hold of his arm.
The palace is big. They look at rooms in it. Including the room Rapunzel was stolen out of as a baby. Which has a crib in it but not a proper full-sized bed, which is why they will be staying in the guest rooms that Cearl saves for the last part of the tour. The rooms are next to each other but don't adjoin.
The palace is big. They look at rooms in it. Including the room Rapunzel was stolen out of as a baby. Which has a crib in it but not a proper full-sized bed, which is why they will be staying in the guest rooms that Cearl saves for the last part of the tour. The rooms are next to each other but don't adjoin.
kindestgarden
"Rapunzel," says Ranae, "your dress is beautiful, but do you want to be in something less traveled-in and maybe more formal for the lantern release? There's not enough time to make something new but I think you're close to my size if you want to try some things on."
powershines
"That's a good idea."
And apparently she is relaxed enough now to let go of Rolan's arm so she can go try on clothes.
powershines
She smiles at him, a little nervously, and follows Ranae.
sundayfish
Cearl doesn't go with them.
"So," he sighs. "You probably know what I'm wondering."
"So," he sighs. "You probably know what I'm wondering."
sundayfish
"What-all have you and my daughter been doing and what do you mean to be doing in the future?"
hisowninvention
"A lot of walking in the woods," he says. "And I plan to be her friend. It seems like she needs one."
hisowninvention
"With respect, your majesty - if my plans change, she's going to find out before you do. I think she's had more than enough of people keeping things from her."
sundayfish
"I've had more than I like of not knowing where my daughter is or what she's doing or who with."
hisowninvention
"I can sympathize. I don't mean to make trouble," he says. "But I'm her friend before I'm anybody else's. You can count on that."
hisowninvention
"I'm the first person she's ever met who's been in her corner from the start. Seems like a pretty reasonable standard to me."
sundayfish
"Well, she's going to be chaperoned. That I'd do anyway, with the kidnapper on the loose yet. But you seem to make her feel better, so that'll be the extent of interfering."
sundayfish
Cearl snorts.
And goes off, leaving Rolan to his own devices in his guest room.
And goes off, leaving Rolan to his own devices in his guest room.
powershines
Rapunzel appears, accompanied by two guards who are staying a polite distance - and out of earshot. She is in one of her mother's dresses, which fits pretty well and appears to have been laced on without disturbing the little girls' braiding work at all.
"Ranae says I have a couple hours to - collect my thoughts, before the sun sets and it's time for the lantern thing."
"Ranae says I have a couple hours to - collect my thoughts, before the sun sets and it's time for the lantern thing."
hisowninvention
"Cearl asked me what we've been doing and what I mean to do in the future - he didn't quite come out and say it, but he wanted to know if there were any Things going on. I told him I plan to be your friend, which is certainly true, but this seems like a good time to mention that I seem to have fallen in love with you at some point on the way here."