*pop* *pop* *pop*

[waterfell]

[A room full of bubbles! Amid them, Mercury is idly popping a few by poking them]

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[boundtowater]

[And a princess appears, looking in awe at the bubbles.]

Ah... Is this your handiwork, twin?

[waterfell]

[a white-gloved finger sends a few more bubbles into oblivion]

Of course!

[boundtowater]

[Some bubbles collect frost as they get close to the princess.] What's the occasion?

[waterfell]

My twin is such a cold person!

[She seems to be teasing, and Mercury even flashes her 'other self' a brief smile]

I wanted to do it.

[boundtowater]

[A laugh, a smile.]

Reason enough. [She pokes a frosted bubble; it shatters.]

[waterfell]

[a few of the bubbles start freezing and fall towards Princess Mercury's hair]

Hey, Twin... Do you like Kunzite?

[The question is quiet and apparently serious]

[boundtowater]

[Blinks, bubbles resting in her hair like jewels. She is confused, yep.]

... What?

[waterfell]

[It all actually looks very pretty that way, and attracts Mercury's attention to her double's hair]

Do you like Kunzite?

[Yep, pretty definitely a serious question if she's repeating it]

[boundtowater]

He is an ally. Why? Do I seem like I hated him? We were not close, but I still accepted him as an ally when he agreed to help with my plan, back home.

[waterfell]

It's not that it seemed like you hate him...

[boundtowater]

Then why the question? You are confusing me, twin.

[waterfell]

Do you want to be with him?

[boundtowater]

... What?!

[waterfell]

I see. It seems like you do like him.

[boundtowater]

Oh for the love of Hermes, I absolutely do not! Where on Mercury did you get such a notion?!

[waterfell]

...

[looong pause goes here]

Maybe... it's more like it seems like he likes you.