♙Fifth Fact ♙[video]

[heirtostay]

[There’s a woman on screen who looks like she could be Tenel Ka, but only in another life. Her hair is done up in an intricate knot as jewels practically drip from her ears, throat and wrists, and she’s wearing a beautiful, expensive dress.* Beyond all these differences, however, is the expression on her face - haughty, superior, and with an overt

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[regeneracy]

[Claire, being Claire, sees the important thing here.]

I liked your hair.

[heirtostay]

[blinkblink]

It is a style typical of the Hapan nobility. [a pause] Some four thousand years in the future, at the very least.

[regeneracy]

So you're like a princess?

[heirtostay]

Until recently. My mother was murdered, and I took the throne in her stead. I now hold the position of Queen Mother of the Hapes Consortium. [her tone is very carefully neutral, hiding how much she hates it]

[regeneracy]

[Very very long pause goes here.] So you're good at being diplomatic and solving problems?

[heirtostay]

...Fact.