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[beautyrest]

I was wondering if I could implore some assistance.

I have offered to help with the arrows, but, I must admit to being more optimistic than anything. I have no clue how to shoot a bow and arrow. Is there someone who could help me learn? I do not wish to harm someone from my lack of knowledge.

Also, I am not entirely familiar with this holiday everyone is preparing for. I would not mind knowledge on that as well.

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[beautyrest]

Forgive me, I am... overly cautious in matters. Especially around sharp objects.

[compendiem]

[ He shakes his head quickly, because this is better than most people. "Reckless," they'd call him, the exact opposite sort of person who could stand to be a lot more cautious. ]

Nothing to forgive or be sorry about. Hemophilic?

[beautyrest]

Hmm? Oh, no, I was cursed by pricking my finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel. [She knows EXACTLY how that sounds.]

[compendiem]

[ It sounds ridiculous, but Minato nods sagely all the same. It's a familiar story, not one he'd expect to be more than a story, but he's never one to question things- he accepts them and moves on. ]

That sucks... Are you still cursed?

[beautyrest]

That... is a very good question. I do not believe so, or we would not be talking. I was cursed to be asleep. Unless this is all a very elaborate dream.

[compendiem]

Huh.

[ From the look on Minato's face, he doesn't really see being asleep to be much of a curse, even forever... man, how many times has he wished he could just lie down and sleep forever... But that's the morbidity in him talking, bringing to mind a lengthy conversation he'd had with Kodac on the way here, about death and dying and this really being a very elaborate dream. ]

I dunno either way; it's possible. But whether it's a dream or not, being away from home and all that... you get the sense of freedom to do what you want, right? Like learning archery. Anything else you'd want to do?

[beautyrest]

Well, I lived sixteen years with just my three aunts and had never met anyone else. And I seem to be from a... less advanced realm than the one presented here. Much of this is strange.

I don't know what else I wish to do. Growing up, I wanted to be treated as an adult. [And then she had a kingdom and a betrothal landed at her feet.]

I suppose... even now, I haven't given it thought.

[compendiem]

[ This realm already seems less advanced than what Minato's used to, so one even less advanced... He's thinking mud huts. Cavemen. But she uses spinning wheels? Uh... World history isn't Minato's strong suit, but the rest of the conversation is one better suited to him. ]

Well, it's nothing you have to think too hard about. Or too far into the future. If you're tired, sleep. If you're hungry, eat. If you're lonely, talk to somebody. Those sorts of things make people happy, and that's just fine. It's what I do.

[ Sometimes your every day is focused on meeting basic needs... that's okay. It doesn't take a lot to make Minato happy, and whatever he wants to do is whatever he finds himself in the moment. Simple. ]

[beautyrest]

You have a very similar world-view to a friend of mine back home. [Said thought process belonged to a BADGER but he was a friend nonetheless.]

It is not that I don't consider my future... more... it was and has been decided for me, in many ways. [And not just the curse.]

[compendiem]

[ If he knew he was being compared to a BADGER... he would probably laugh, honestly. Animals have their priorities straight, humans are needlessly complicated. ]

Super strict aunts?

[beautyrest]

In... some ways. In many others, I had more freedom than any child would ever have. [Faeries don't exactly have the same qualms about certain things as humans do.]

No... I grew up one way, and then had a good deal revealed to me on my birthday.

Like betrothal, for one.

[compendiem]

...Betrothal.

[ He has to repeat the word, as if he could have heard it wrong, but that's not really something anybody can misspeak. ]

To somebody nice, hopefully? Somebody you like?

[beautyrest]

I... don't know. I've never met him. I... I hope he is.

[compendiem]

[ Marrying somebody you've never met before, that's got to be tough. ]

Hm... The nice thing about marriage is that you can always say never mind later.

[ Here is Minato condoning divorce. ]

[beautyrest]

No... I'm... afraid I cannot. My marriage is... a good many people depend on my marriage to my betrothed.

[Two entire kingdoms, in fact. And a princess does not get to leave a marriage once two kingdoms are joined.]

[compendiem]

Oh.

[ Huh. It's a scope that's difficult for Minato to comprehend, the idea that so many people depending on a choice he makes is almost unimaginable, despite the fact that he's made such an unimaginable choice already. ]

Well... I dunno if this is consolation, but... I think one can come to like anybody in the world, after spending time together and getting to know them. I like most people I know. The ones I don't agree with... I at least understand where they're coming from. So I don't hate them.

[beautyrest]

Yes, I am sure you are quite right. I am sure Phillip and I will become... hopefully, fond of one another, at the very least.