Video; Day 3 of Egret

[adropofsunlight]

[Rapunzel seemed a tiny bit nervous and seemed to be for the most part mumbling to herself, but she was actually talking to Pascal, who was currently positioned on her shoulder.]

I know, but it's something I need to do, Pascal. I mean I am putting myself up for complete honesty and it's probably going to be negative honesty, but I can take it...

[With that said she was now focused on the task at hand.]

Hey, so um... Not that long ago, I asked a question to someone who... I guess I trust them enough to listen to what they had to say and it's... got me wondering about my relationship with Mother and if the way she acts with me is a bad thing. [She seemed nervous as she spoke, her friend patting her with his little green hands as she played with a stray strand of hair that wasn't tied up.]

So what I am about to explain why she is and the reason why she wants my hair to be so long. [She paused, taking a small breath before she carried on.]

Mother... Has always been rather protective of me. To the point, I live in a tower and in all my years I've never been outside of it until I arrived here. The reason for this? My hair. It's... How do I put it? It has magical healing properties. I sing a song and any injury heals like... like it never happened. It can even take away poison as Pascal here can attest to. [She gestures to her little friend who seems to nod.]

Another way she would always protect me was by telling me about the outside world and all the dangers it had. Ruffians, thugs, poison ivy, quicksand... There were a lot of things she would always list either the dangers or that I was naive or gullible to survive outside among other things.

{She had at least by this point stopped playing with her hair.]

That was her way to usually get me to stop asking to go outside. All of this... to protect me. That's always her reason. That's all I have to say. So I want to know? What is your honest opinion? it would help me understand it a little bit.

[She soon put her hands in front of her, giving a small bow before adding a tiny smile.]

Thank you for listening and... sorry if you didn't want to.

Comments

[adropofsunlight]

She did, yes. That was usually when it would be used.

[She figured that was again, normal.]

[knifewithnoname]

So she did just be wanting your magic for herself. [She wrinkled her nose. It wasn't so much the locking Rapunzel away that she found distasteful, but those who were magic had an important place in her own world and mistreating them was a form of blasphemy.

She knows not all worlds are the same, but it is still distastful.]

[adropofsunlight]

I guess so. I just never thought about it before. I just always assumed it was helpful for her.

[knifewithnoname]

It do be sounding like it. She did be wanting you to be using your magic just for her.

[adropofsunlight]

Though it does make me wonder what I should do now though. I mean knowing this... it's a lot to take in and I guess |I should think it over some more before making some choices.

[knifewithnoname]

I think you should be being thinking. It might be being a very long time before you do be going back there. So you do be having a lot of time to be thinking.

[adropofsunlight]

I do have a lot of time to think and to do other things to.

[knifewithnoname]

Exactly! This do be being a good place to be being... not where we did be being before. So we can be thinking about things.