Well, it's not that I was just relieved to get away, though of course that was true. It's more...
[She has to think of how to explain it correctly for a moment.]
When I was younger, I was very easily frightened. Many things scared me; spiders, strangers, the dark... It wasn't until I had to travel alone for the first time that I started to outgrow those fear. Our land is riddled with monsters, but the first time I bested one of them - there was nothing to compare with that feeling. I'd spent most of my life fearing what was out there in the world, and that was the first moment I knew that I didn't have to be scared ever again. The first moment that... I felt as though I had done something right, and could do so again.
[When she moves on to her next subject, though, her expression grows even more tender and fond.]
My sister, though - she is incredible. Her name is Meryl, and I do not know who I would be without her. She is incredibly brave. Without her, I do not think I would have ever been able to part from the castle. That's the kind of confidence she can instill in other people. She will make a wonderful queen someday. What's more...
[There's a short pause, before it grows more personal.]
Our mother passed when we were both very young, and our father is a very distant man who has little time for either of us. We are truly - all that the other has left.
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[She has to think of how to explain it correctly for a moment.]
When I was younger, I was very easily frightened. Many things scared me; spiders, strangers, the dark... It wasn't until I had to travel alone for the first time that I started to outgrow those fear. Our land is riddled with monsters, but the first time I bested one of them - there was nothing to compare with that feeling. I'd spent most of my life fearing what was out there in the world, and that was the first moment I knew that I didn't have to be scared ever again. The first moment that... I felt as though I had done something right, and could do so again.
[When she moves on to her next subject, though, her expression grows even more tender and fond.]
My sister, though - she is incredible. Her name is Meryl, and I do not know who I would be without her. She is incredibly brave. Without her, I do not think I would have ever been able to part from the castle. That's the kind of confidence she can instill in other people. She will make a wonderful queen someday. What's more...
[There's a short pause, before it grows more personal.]
Our mother passed when we were both very young, and our father is a very distant man who has little time for either of us. We are truly - all that the other has left.