A foggy new muse...

[royalduty]

Are you certain this is wise?

You know quite well that your responsibilities must come first. You may have time, but you need to learn how to use it.

If you are so determined to play me - though I can't say how I like the sound of that, I must confess - then finish preparing. Find more of these icons, and complete your rewatch quickly.

You are right, I would be happy to see my daughter again. So don't dally.

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[rrbando_rambo]

[A deep bow.] Heya your highness!

I'd like ta welcome ya ta the games. An' I think I mighta met your daughter. Merida, right?

[royalduty]

[She blinks, just to be absolutely certain about what she's looking at. The queen has witnessed strange happenings before, stranger than this, but... Well, that doesn't make them easier to foresee.]

Good evening... You are... most kind.

[Still, offers a fittingly cordial nod.]

Indeed, that is her. You've seen her?

Speaking of Merida I see she's already threading. I love reunions! <3

[rrbando_rambo]

Yes ma'am, not too long ago. Maybe you can go to the games together!

I jus' hope I dun run into that witch- er, I mean that won't happen! I learned my lesson, yessir! Er mean highness!

[He'd been alerted as of recent that he wasn't the only one who'd had a run in with a witch and curses.]

DID YOU CALL?????

[myownhand]

Mum! [A mix of surprised and genuinely happy] I haven't seen you around these parts.

YES

[royalduty]

Merida. I was told you might be about... I am glad to see you.

[Very glad, indeed; the fondness in her voice makes that plain.]

Have you been well here?

[She knows Merida can take care of herself, but she'll never stop being a mother.]

WELL THEN. GLAD I COULD DELIVER.

[myownhand]

I'm fine. Mostly bored. Th'mun has been thinkin' about stickin' me in a ga---aame. [She suddenly realizes that it may have been a mistake to say that in front of her mother] But she says she doesn't really have time for that!

[Nervous laughter, hoping you don't notice that she and the mun were in fact game hunting specifically a page back....]