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[focustrigger.livejournal.com]

[The camera is static, as the feed starts. Serah's sat at the living room table in the house, the flowers that Basch gave to Lightning just visible to her left. She looks tired, exhausted - and her eyes are red. It's not been long since she found out what happened the night before, after calling Basch, and why Lightning never came home. It's only taken her a few minutes to set up the feed, and she hasn't told any of her friends what's happened, yet. And even though she feels like her world is crashing, she has to let the people who cared about Lightning know before it does.

After a moment's quiet, she swallows, looking towards the camera, her eyes glassy.]

Some of you won't... know me. I'm Serah Farron... Lightning's sister.

Sis has- sorry, Lightning has-

[pause. every word that follows, her voice is on the edge of breaking.] Lightning's gone home.

[She's silent, before wiping at her eyes, and the feed ends.

A little while later, she can be found still in the living room of the house, arms folded across the table, her head buried into them. Next to her is a photoframe - of her and her sister, back in Bodhum - what she brought back from the world merger.]

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[rebelpugilist.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm afraid so, princess. [He laughs.] Think you can stomach the rest?

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[focustrigger.livejournal.com]

[Determined resolve face is go!] Well, I can try.

Might need a hug or two after, though.

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[rebelpugilist.livejournal.com]

[He grins, pressing another kiss against her temple.] You're pretty brave. Alright then.

So the queen decided she was going to do whatever it took to find out if this girl was really a princess of the royal blood. She decided to test her sensitivity. To do that, she put a single pea under twenty mattresses.[Now that he's at this part, he's sure she's heard this before, but there's something comforting about children's fairytales, he feels. At least for him, there always has been.]

The queen sent the princess to bed, then retired to her own room with the king. The queen knew that only a true princess would be able to feel the pea through all those mattresses. So, the next morning, everyone gathered together in the throne room, waiting anxiously to hear the results of the queen's test.