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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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....]