[At this, he goes still, the confusion in his expression clearly dissipating. Now he’s processing. There are obvious curiosities, of course. The simple impracticality of naming so many princesses Zelda — but that’s not his business. The impossibility of determining the span of time between this Zelda and his own. Is she a descendent or ancestor?]
[Is that actually his business? No, of course not, but . . .]
[Is there any possibility that she might be a threat? Some shadow passes over his eyes, only mildly mitigated by the fact that she was just scrabbling in the dirt for a bauble.]
. . . We’re collecting you, then. Princesses Zelda. That’s very curious. [Was his Zelda not perfectly sufficient, when she is objectively the best one? He’s not biased.] I wonder what the royal protocol is for a situation like this.
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[At this, he goes still, the confusion in his expression clearly dissipating. Now he’s processing. There are obvious curiosities, of course. The simple impracticality of naming so many princesses Zelda — but that’s not his business. The impossibility of determining the span of time between this Zelda and his own. Is she a descendent or ancestor?]
[Is that actually his business? No, of course not, but . . .]
[Is there any possibility that she might be a threat? Some shadow passes over his eyes, only mildly mitigated by the fact that she was just scrabbling in the dirt for a bauble.]
. . . We’re collecting you, then. Princesses Zelda. That’s very curious. [Was his Zelda not perfectly sufficient, when she is objectively the best one? He’s not biased.] I wonder what the royal protocol is for a situation like this.