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[ravenry]

I dress myself, and my lady-in-waiting, Jiujiu, would fuss over me and tell me she should help me. I relent after a while.

[ ... ]

I check my hair to see if my dye remains. Jiujiu fetches my breakfast. I help Yisiha, a neophyte, with his reading and writing. If I've received a request to look into some mysterious happening, I go out and investigate. Wen Ying will follow me to guard me.

Sometimes, Gaojun will visit me after all his imperial meetings are over with.

[discomfort]

[ he nods his head along, taking note of the names and what their role is as she describes it. ]

Is he royalty?

[ravenry]

Gaojun is the emperor.

[discomfort]

Wow! Must be busy.

[ ... ]

Is that an enjoyable way to spend the day for you?

[ravenry]

Enjoyable?

[ she repeats it like that's almost a foreign concept. ]

... There are some things that are better than others, some that are more pleasant, but...

[ she doesn't know about enjoyable. ]

[discomfort]

[ he nods his head along. ]

Then... my next question. What would you want an average day for yourself to be?

[ravenry]

[ she tries to curl into herself. ]

... That is a luxury... and fantasy I shouldn't indulge in.

[discomfort]

... if I share mine, would you share yours? Even a little bit.

[ravenry]

... All right. If you go first.

[discomfort]

[ he smiles. ]

For me, my ideal average day would be to live in a house in the woods. I would not live alone, and we would do rather simple things all day, that others might find boring. But it would be nice, for once, to live normally.

[ravenry]

To live normally?

[ she thinks she can understand that, coming from him. ]

I think I'd like that, too. Would you still have your inn?

[discomfort]

I think so. I do enjoy it, and it's brought me a lot of interesting experiences...

I suppose I just might take a break from it more often, maybe?