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Ramshackle Dorm - Your Room
| I might not see them again... | I can't sleep... |
| These lights... | I recognize that silhouette in the garden. |
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| It's snowing? | It's supposed to be spring. How is it this cold?! |
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...Hm? Is that the child of man I hear? Is it snowing...? Ah, I hadn't noticed. That might cause the trees in the garden to frost over and wither. |
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It's a bad habit of mine. I remember once when I was a child I froze the entire castle. Lilia certainly gave me a stern talking-to then. That was back when I'd finally started walking on two legs. I threw a tantrum over the most trivial thing... I was supposed to have dinner with Grandmother, but she had some urgent business come up. Trivial, as I said. But on that day, I simply wasn't having it. The next thing I knew, I'd frozen the table, the chairs... None of the castle staff could get close to me. They scurried away from me in fear, which only angered me further. I had nearly frozen the entire castle... |
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| That was when Lilia, a royal guardsman at the time, came to the castle. He slipped by without my noticing and unfroze the retainers... Then he had the retainers fetch a number of cups and some flavored syrup. He crushed up some of the ice and piled it into the cups, drizzling the syrup on top... Then he passed them out to the staff, and they all began eating together. Thinking back, it must've been quite a nuisance to our staff. The castle was already frigid, yet there they were, being made to eat a frozen treat... Heh. When I saw all those people sitting at our grand table, eating with such relish... I grew terribly envious. |
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That was when I started to calm down and regret what I'd done. I feared a harsh rebuke from Lilia bout the terrible consequences of letting my emotions get the better of me. He can be EXTREMELY frightening when he's truly angry. Hard to imagine from the way he usually acts, isn't it? Heh heh heh. |
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| When Lilia spotted me looking on from afar, he gave his magearm a mighty swing... ...And crushed all the ice surrounding me! He then scooped up a heaping pile of it into a cup and drizzled lots of syrup on top. |
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He took my hand as I stood there in fright and led me to a seat. Then he said to me... "It's good. Have some." That was it. After the wrath I'd imagined, it was a bit anticlimactic. The treat itself was merely ice with syrup on top. Nonetheless... It was rather pleasant eating with that many people around the table. Normally, I'd either sit there alone or just with Grandmother. As we all ate together, my ire abated... And the castle returned to its rightful state. Once I'd regained my composure, Lilia turned to me and said... "You possess great power. You must not wield it recklessly." "You came dangerously close to losing the people around this table today." |
| You must've been so lonely, Hornton. | Good thing your friends were there for you when you were lonely, huh? |
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Lonely? Me? I don't know if I'd call it that... I'm used to being alone. After all, I was alone even before I broke through my egg's shell. Granted, Lilia's been with me ever since I was born... ...But I suppose he won't be scolding me anymore. I'm rambling now. Forget I said anything. What of yourself, [MC]? It's unusual to see you out in the garden this late. And you look as though you have something to say. By all means, speak. |
| Okay, so, I think we might've found a way to get me back home. | I could really use your help with something, Hornton. |
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