I dream! Not of the future to be won, but the past I had lost—
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"You have a noble, inquiring mind, Your Highness!"
I was young enough then to think that people were books that wanted to be read.
"My mind inquires only to get a better understanding of you, My Lady," I replied.
"While you're at it," she said, her elegant smile fixed even as she took a half-step back, "I advise you to cease marching any further."
She said 'advice' but felt like a warning. My feet obeyed her and stopped, but my heart didn't.
" Then, as per My Lady's command, I shall remain fixed at this post, until your words, I will know only what you choose to show me."
I thought it was the right choice only to let you drown in silence.
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—even before the beginning.