video ● tenth reflection

[straying]

[At first, she's quiet for a little while. She opens her mouth as if she knew what to say before but now that the camera's rolling, she's second-guessing it. And so there's a pause before she starts talking.]

Matthew's gone.

[... and she looks a little confused, as if she never expected to say those words. They sound so foreign.]

... sheesh. Can he ever leave without causing me problems?

Well, now you know.

[A bit of a shrug and she ends the feed.]

Comments

[countrybeloved.livejournal.com]

[This. Is. Awkward.]

Y-Yeah... she's visiting her mother country, so I sent Obi to be her bodyguard while she's there. If time were still passing back home...

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

[A reassuring smile.]

Don't worry about it! I'm almost one-hundred percent sure that it's not. There have been enough examples that when you go back, everything's normal and you may not even remember Vatheon.

[countrybeloved.livejournal.com]

Ha... like I said, I'm not too thrilled about having my memories tampered with, but it's better than the alternative, at least.

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

It's the lesser of two evils. Sometimes you just gotta deal when bad things happen.

[countrybeloved.livejournal.com]

Don't I know. I may be a prince, but I'm not sheltered, you know.

[sweeperesque.livejournal.com]

I figured. You're more down to earth than what I'd expect from a prince.

[countrybeloved.livejournal.com]

Really?

[A laugh]

Well, thank you, then.