Spoilers for tonight's episode highly likely

[roust]

I suppose I did perhaps judge them a bit too harshly in the beginning, though you can't exactly blame me for that. After Phillip....

Still, they're pleasant enough company. (Not to mention the added protection, right princess?) And it's something of a relief to find someone else who understands what it's like. Whose gone through it already. Comforting, in a way. 

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[roused]

It wasn't wrong to be suspicious. [just mistaken in the accusations said suspicions led to.]

[roust]

Not at all. Though are attempts to seek vengeance were a bit rash.

[roused]

It was -

We thought it was best.

[frankly, she's still unsettled by the whole thing, but forces a thin smile.]

At least they didn't come to pass.

[roust]

Thankfully.

(In all fairness, they've got much to be wary of)

If it weren't for them, we would have been at the settlement when Cora...- (She can't bring herself to finish. Already she has more than enough fodder for a lifetime of nightmares)

[roused]

Stop.

[an unfinished thought, but aurora puts her hands up in a commanding gesture and shakes her head, for emphasis.]

I know. And we weren't. They're good. I know.

[roust]

(It's a gesture not needed, though certainly understood. She couldn't have gone on if she'd wanted to, and neither of them wanted to)

I know. Though Hook I'm a bit less certain about. (Not that it matters now)

[roused]

He's a pirate. It's hard to be certain about those.

[at least, that's what she's always heard. hook was the first she'd met - and even that whole introduction was a trick.]

Still - he didn't betray us. We're all safe. [well. minus him. for now.]

[frabjuous]

And! there is strength in numbers! You mustn't forget that. A journey is best spent with company, as tiring as it may seem.

[roust]

I'm not sure that tiring is the best word, though I do agree. The trip is somehow less frightening when there are others to share it with you.

[frabjuous]

Oh, a frightening journey. Long, winding roads and cloaked, unsavory figures up ahead, I'd imagine.

It does sound like you're in the right company for such an excursion, wherever the path leads you.

[makingfire]

[She's just going to stand by awkwardly. 'How to comfort a crying Princess' is not something a warrior is taught.]

[slepttoolong]

I'm glad we didn't kill her... [Although what she's going to do if they keep fighting like that.]