Shady

(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.

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.”

Rana nodded. "That makes more sense. I can't imagine a thousand peasants willingly building a whole Keep in this harsh of an environment."

Sadie Lovett "No... no... no! " Sadie typed away furiously at her keyboard. The clattering of her keys could have been heard from several rooms away, if there'd been anyone ...

Rana's eyes widened. "Was it... servant labor?"