A very young-looking Beryl from the Silver Millenium's Earth Kingdom is more or less cheerfully straightening and dusting the bedchamber of what appears to be an elegant suite of rooms. There's a small object on a table, which she examines closely; a piece of jewelry. It seems to be made for a woman, which suggests the masculine owner of this
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"J-Jadeite-sama!"
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She really wasn't going to take it!
There's a long, awkward silence.
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"It's Endymion-sama's chambers," Beryl says. "It's my turn to clean them."
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"He's in love with the moon princess." She says it almost wistfully, glancing without even realizing it towards a window that affords a view of that same moon. If she could be a princess like that, with power and status and wealth and beauty...
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"Of course not! I couldn't look at him like that! He's our prince!" Her expression of a moment earlier suggests exactly how she looks at Endymion, however, of course.
She was only, uh, uh, uh, wondering it would be like to be rich and have those beautiful jewels! Absolutely no intent of stealing them (true; even if the thought would occur to her, the inevitable punishment is an excellent deterrent) or of thinking she could be with Endymion (so obviously false; it occupies more and more of her thoughts these days).
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"It's just that I couldn't help looking at it. This necklace is so beautiful," she says. As if she's still pretending the real issue is the issue of her honesty and her job in the palace, she adds, "I was going to return to cleaning in just a moment."
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"Be well, Jadeite-sama," she dares just before he's turning to leave.
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