[He hasn't forgotten that strange nonsense Laurent said before he ran off, and Laurent is acting so... different. He doesn't understand it. Laurent seems to be... having... fun?
But that can't be right. Laurent doesn't have fun.
But it wasn't very long ago the two of them were running across rooftops. "It's the game I like."
Maybe this is just how Laurent is when separated from his royal duties and identity. Maybe the Laurent Damen had met in town, in the inn was more real than Damen had thought.
The flash of a sapphire earring flicks through his mind and he doesn't let himself dwell on it.]
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[He hasn't forgotten that strange nonsense Laurent said before he ran off, and Laurent is acting so... different. He doesn't understand it. Laurent seems to be... having... fun?
But that can't be right. Laurent doesn't have fun.
But it wasn't very long ago the two of them were running across rooftops. "It's the game I like."
Maybe this is just how Laurent is when separated from his royal duties and identity. Maybe the Laurent Damen had met in town, in the inn was more real than Damen had thought.
The flash of a sapphire earring flicks through his mind and he doesn't let himself dwell on it.]
Together, then?