NINE // [AUDIO] BACKDATED TO 12/5

[catsnboots]

Some of you may have noticed that North didn't show up around the Village today. In case you are worried, be reassured. He is with me and seems to be fine.

[There's a quiet pause during which Sebastian watches the sleeping boy on his bed, Hamlet curled up by his side. A real Sleeping Beauty.]I found him early this morning, asleep at the foot of

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[thehandofwisdom]

[When he said he "seems to be fine", she didn't expect him to follow up with the second part.]

He isn't waking up? [She wouldn't call that fine, Sebastian :|]

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[catsnboots]

Indeed. [Except for being asleep, North is fine. What else could he say ?]

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[thehandofwisdom]

[It doesn't even take a whole second for her to make up her mind.]

I'm coming to see him.

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[catsnboots]

Yes, my Lady. I am waiting for you.

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[thehandofwisdom]

[And she'll be there a short while later, her new book of healing tucked under her arm.]

Where is he?

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[catsnboots]

[He bows at her as she enters the bar. He does not think that book will be of any help.]

This way please, Princess... [And he brings her to North, lying on the demon's bed, Hamlet curled up by his side.]

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[thehandofwisdom]

[Even if the contents might not help, she just thought that having it might produce some effect, because...]

I wonder if this has anything to do with it. [She holds the book out in her hands.] I was worried that he might have borrowed it from the Mansion, and I know what trouble that would cause for him.

[She says this as she studies his sleeping form. It would be adorable, if it were not such a serious situation.]

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[catsnboots]

Do not worry, Princess. I can swear to you that this book doesn't come to the Mansion.

[He smirks as he looks at North.] If it was the case, the Fae would probably have found a far more cruel way to punish him.