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Rana followed it with her gaze and nodded. "Is that open to peruse?"

(You know... you're not wrong xD Just slightly different flavor because he only appears for a few chapters as a massive antagonist, but doesn't actually inflict lasting trauma like Michael ...

(Yeahhh, that's why it might or might not stay xD when I was an Edgy Teenager that scene involved a hand getting severed and then the Prince just taking a ...

"Quite." She shook herself, and managed a smile. "Sorry, got lost in my own thoughts for a moment. So armory, dungeon, and closets up here on the second floor, then?" ...

Rana winced and nodded. That was even worse. She wasn't typically scared of prisoners, but rather for them. (Did I ever tell you about what happens to her in canon? ...

"Naturally." She sent a nervous glance towards where he'd gestured. Dungeons were nasty things. They gave her anxiety to even go near.

Rana chuckled. "Fair enough. I'm sure it is." She doubted that would be part of the tour, though. That didn't seem like good strategy.

"Why would you put the armory on the second story?" she asked.

You know it 8) Clearly @icyflame’s new name would be ColdyLocks

Rana smiled and nodded again, satisfied.

“It’s great!” Rana nodded with a smile. “You’ll definitely have to check it out sometime.”

“Oh! It’s loads of fun!” Rana lit up. “You’ll to come for it sometime! It’s a festival of the start of the summer. We honor the changing season with a ...

“Ah, true,” Rana answered with a nod. “Did you ever experience the water festival?”

(Sounds good!) “I imagine not, if you spent two full years there. Did you stay year round or just during the school year proper?”

Rana nodded. “I imagine not.”