⟪ He does not presume to touch her at once, but the immediacy, combined with the relief of knowing that she is now less likely to fall and crack her head upon the dungeon's stone floor, helps her to steadiness once more. There is, upon her pale cheeks, now a tint of pink to suggest that she is at least somewhat shamed by that moment's loss of balance, and she ascends the remaining steps quickly, as if to mask that uncanny moment that brought her so close to failure. ⟫
I would not have fallen like some common fool.
⟪ She says it like an unarguable fact. ⟫
Most introduce themselves, when faced with royalty.
⟪ That it does not occur to her to say her own name is no coincidence – not once in her life has she had to introduce herself. Others did such things for her. ⟫
she's ridiculous and i'm sorry
I would not have fallen like some common fool.
⟪ She says it like an unarguable fact. ⟫
Most introduce themselves, when faced with royalty.
⟪ That it does not occur to her to say her own name is no coincidence – not once in her life has she had to introduce herself. Others did such things for her. ⟫