[He watches the space of the room for a long moment, waiting for something to happen. It feels... oddly peaceful, in a way that it really hadn't been when he lived here. Always too quiet and lonely, and whenever someone came to see him it was Highness this, Highness that, bowing and showing deference to a child in a way he'd hated. He hadn't done anything to deserve all of that except been born.
He shifts position, facing into the room instead with knees half-propped in front of him, his brows furrowing.]
The crystal must've had a million memories like this. Just... long stretches where nothing happened, where no one did anything, the world just existed. When we were traveling around Lucis, there were so many places totally untouched by anyone. It's not like the room stopped existing while no one was in it.
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[He watches the space of the room for a long moment, waiting for something to happen. It feels... oddly peaceful, in a way that it really hadn't been when he lived here. Always too quiet and lonely, and whenever someone came to see him it was Highness this, Highness that, bowing and showing deference to a child in a way he'd hated. He hadn't done anything to deserve all of that except been born.
He shifts position, facing into the room instead with knees half-propped in front of him, his brows furrowing.]
The crystal must've had a million memories like this. Just... long stretches where nothing happened, where no one did anything, the world just existed. When we were traveling around Lucis, there were so many places totally untouched by anyone. It's not like the room stopped existing while no one was in it.