"Did you say something?"
Our driver asks as I take all the control of the body back. Vrika's improving mood over being responsible for my sightlines quickly fades.
"Just thinking out loud. Nothing worth repeating."
Truth be told, in the corners of my soul that I don't even let Vrika into? I've thought more than once that it would be simpler just to make… 'mistakes'. To crawl out of holes I dig myself rather than running around and hopping over them, like the fox in the phone game.
I've enjoyed some freedom away from what was expected of me as a Princess. I'm clearly going to do my best for the remnants of Helene, no matter what. So why shouldn't I just get involved with someone I'm attracted to?
> Inequality. That's really the only thing slipping me up. Being in her debt when the only leverage I have over her is that she actually… seems to like me for some inexplicable reason. <
