[ Zelda places her hand in his, grateful this time when he simply helps her to stand (even though he legs wobble beneath her and she grips his hand all the tighter to keep herself steady).
As he speaks, she stares up at him with an expression akin to wonderment. It's not just because of the way the drug is effecting her (although her adrenaline is burning it off pretty quickly); it's what he says that strikes her. "Be who you want to be," as though he somehow knows who she truly is and knows how she has been enjoying (guiltily) being someone else. Which is impossible-- there's no way he could possibly know she's a princess. Zelda may not be the best liar in the world, but she's pretty sure she's been doing a good job keeping her title under wraps.
Something in the way he assures her that she'll meet plenty of people who will want to be her friend makes her wonder why he's excluding himself, and so she asks (perhaps confusingly), ] Are you?
[ Because he just spent the evening in a hotel room with her licking hallucinogenic frogs before then taking her outside to use his abilities --(abilities he staunchly wishes to keep secret)-- to show her a breathtaking view of the sunset in order to cheer her up. ]
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As he speaks, she stares up at him with an expression akin to wonderment. It's not just because of the way the drug is effecting her (although her adrenaline is burning it off pretty quickly); it's what he says that strikes her. "Be who you want to be," as though he somehow knows who she truly is and knows how she has been enjoying (guiltily) being someone else. Which is impossible-- there's no way he could possibly know she's a princess. Zelda may not be the best liar in the world, but she's pretty sure she's been doing a good job keeping her title under wraps.
Something in the way he assures her that she'll meet plenty of people who will want to be her friend makes her wonder why he's excluding himself, and so she asks (perhaps confusingly), ] Are you?
[ Because he just spent the evening in a hotel room with her licking hallucinogenic frogs before then taking her outside to use his abilities --(abilities he staunchly wishes to keep secret)-- to show her a breathtaking view of the sunset in order to cheer her up. ]