Half of the Kingdom(ft. commentary)

~Nov 15

She raised an eyebrow, "Oh? Well your sentiment is appreciated. I had no idea you liked helping damsels in distress." She replied sarcastically.

He rolled his eyes, "Well for your information, I'm not here for your sole purpose. I'm here because I know that if you give even one piece of information that should not have been given, all our secrets could be on the line."

"You're quite the dramatic fellow, you know,"

"I've been told that before. Now, onto the story. Have you told them anything yet?" He steered straight to the point.

She shook her head, then shrugged, "I only told my father that I was tired and when he asked about the bruise, I just said that being kidnapped was a dangerous business."

Roric nodded, "Alright, that's not too shabby. What were you intending to tell them?"

Miryanna shrugged, "I was thinking about telling them that I had been unconscious for the whole time and didn't remember anything, but I also don't want to lie,"

Roric's brows raised, "You'd put the Ergli's secrets on the line because you don't want to lie?" He asked incredulously.

She peered at him, "Lying is wrong. Weren't you ever taught that as a boy?"

He grinned roguishly, "Well actually, no. I didn't have what most people would consider an 'above board' childhood, per se,"

yiss tragic backstory time

She cocked her head, a little confused, "What, did you grow up with bandits or something?" She asked, not at all expecting him to answer yes, but that's exactly what he did.

that was oddly specific miryanna

Her eyes widened in surprise, "Really?"

He grinned again, "Yes, but that's another story for another time. If you tell them that you were unconscious, that would still be suspicious."

"Why?"

"Well of one thing, it's highly unlikely that you could have been unconscious the whole time. You were gone for the equivalent of a whole day."

People can be unconscious for a day

"Um, I could say that... a dark figure was in my room and grabbed me, tied me up and dragged me to the window and knocked me unconscious. That's not so far from the truth."

Roric nodded, "Alright, how did you get home?"

She paused in thought, "I woke up on the side of the road in the middle of the night, and started walking back. I reached one of the villages where I met Andarin and he brought me back to the castle from there." She finished, "How's that?"

"It sounds fine, but maybe Andarin didn't venture to one of the villages. You'd have to ask him before you gave in that story, and I don't see that happening anytime soon."

literally roric just jump right out the window and go to andarin's house tell him he was in that certain town at that certain time and he'll roll with it it's not that hard

"Oh, true,"

They were both silent for a while, before Roric broke the silence, "We might not have much time. A servant was supposed to tell your father that you were awake as soon as you were awake, but I intercepted the servant, so your father never got the news."

Miryanna brows raised, "What did you do?"

He smirked, "Just little bit of sleep for him,"

"You didn't knock him out did you?"