my beautiful, beautiful makkari

✵ “What do you even do when you're not being a headache to me?” “Looking pretty.” “Pff. You are rather good at that, aren't you?”

✵ “Do you glare at all foreign royals? Or only the ones I dance with?”

✵ “Wait. Can you… guard the door? Just until I'm asleep?” “I'll stay the night if it is what you need to feel safe.”

✵ “If you die for me, I will never forgive you.”

✵ “You're such a brat.” “Is that any way to talk to a royal?” “You like me too much to tell on me.”

✵ “Your Highness, if you keep looking at me like that, I might forget you are out of my reach.”

✵ “If I told you to kneel and pledge your loyalty to me and no one else… Would you?” “Try it. Find out.”

✵ “Meet me in my chambers after dark.” “Of course, my lady/lord.”

✵ “How much power does the crown really have, when wearing it prohibits me from having the one thing I want?”

✵ “You're bleeding! Is there anything I can do to help?” “No, do not sully your hands. I will live.”

✵ “Take off your armor. Sit with me. Just tonight.”

✵ “Do you ever regret devoting your life to serving the crown instead of living your own life?” “No. You are my life.”

Okay. So, normal?