when will my life begin

[powershines]

In the morning, Rapunzel is not disturbed until she has had a little while to go over her coded notes from last night (letter by letter - she will learn to read this just like she learned to read printed notes, but neither task is quick) and has opened the door.

The guards posted there - they've changed in the night, she notices - tell her that she's invited to take breakfast with her parents in the dining hall.

Comments

[powershines]

"If people are this obsessed with Things aren't they going to think some happened before there were any guards watching us?"

[hisowninvention]

"I told your father there weren't any. He seemed to believe me. I think that'll be enough for most people - even if they don't directly ask him, just the fact that he's still letting me stay under his roof is a strong sign of approval."

[powershines]

"This is really complicated."

[hisowninvention]

"Yeah."

[powershines]

"It's probably premature for me to be judgmental about complicated social structures I don't understand but it seems like it may be stupidly complicated."

[hisowninvention]

"I've spent some time thinking the same thing. Judgmental isn't a natural state for me, though. It is what it is."

[powershines]

"I guess I can imagine how it keeps being the way it is, but I'm having a hard time imagining how it would start being that way to begin with."

[hisowninvention]

"I'm afraid I can't tell you that. There are some things even I don't know."

[powershines]

"Oh, how disappointing."

Was that a joke? That may have been a joke.

[hisowninvention]

He's pretty sure it was a joke. Sure enough to giggle at it.

[powershines]

[hisowninvention]