mother knows best

[powershines]

Rapunzel doesn't sleep well, and she does wind up wrapped up in her hair overnight like a golden-cocooned butterfly. She's still dozing fitfully when the sun comes up.

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[hisowninvention]

"Okay."

[powershines]

She plays another song. It's different from the first one, but still has loose, almost improvised timing. There's a long trilling run at the end and she gasps for breath after she caps it off.

[hisowninvention]

"It's the same kind of weird, but I don't know what the word for it is. I'm not a musician or anything."

[powershines]

"I know some things from sheet music too -" And then she plays a commonplace ballad, which is recognizable, if a little sloppy about emphasizing the notes that are supposed to be emphasized.

[hisowninvention]

"Yeah, I know that one. I think it's not as weird as the other ones, but still weird compared to how I've heard it before."

[powershines]

"Huh. Maybe I can get a proper music teacher and they'll be able to tell me."

[hisowninvention]

"You're a princess! You can absolutely do that."

[powershines]

[hisowninvention]

[powershines]

"You're doing it again."

[hisowninvention]

"Yeah, I am."

[powershines]

"I'd start writing about the - thing but I don't think I have time to get very far."

[hisowninvention]

"Yeah, probably not. After the festival, I guess."

[powershines]

"Yeah. It's so strange though."

[hisowninvention]

"Sorry. ...Maybe not completely sorry. Slightly sorry?"

[powershines]

"What, why?"

[hisowninvention]

"Well, on the one hand, I keep smiling at you and giving you weird inexplicable feelings that you don't have time to figure out yet. On the other hand, you don't seem to be entirely complaining about the feelings, just somewhat about their characteristic of being weird and inexplicable. And I like smiling at you."

[powershines]

"Frankly I'm not even sure how much figuring I'm going to be able to do with what I have. Maybe I don't have the vocabulary for whatever it is even if I figure out all its parts."

[hisowninvention]

"I'll try to help if you want, but - as far as I can guess what the weird and inexplicable feelings might be, which isn't all that far in the first place, I don't have much of a vocabulary for them either. I could say 'I think maybe you like me' and that's about as precise as it gets."

[powershines]

"I already knew I liked you."

[hisowninvention]

"Yeah. See? Not nearly precise enough to be useful." Also he is Definitely Smiling now. "I'm glad you like me," he adds.

[powershines]

"I'm glad I like you too."

[hisowninvention]

[powershines]

Rapunzel leans on him.

"Thank you for being here for me."

[hisowninvention]

He hugs her. "I'm glad I can help. I want to keep being here for you for as long as you want me to."