[Only three little words, and yet the force of them hit Elsa with the force of a speeding truck.
It should be obvious, shouldn't it? They're together. They've been together, for some time now. They've kissed, hugged... they do all the little things couples do. It shouldn't come as a shock to hear Cass say I love you. And yet...
Elsa had been forced to keep her distance from others for so long. From her people, the staff, her family. Love was never something she'd been able to express so freely. Even in the years after her coronation, the three years of memories of home and her two years here in Ryslig, she was still reserved around other people. Affectionate enough with Anna, yes, but it was always a little harder with others. So to hear Cass say that, to have the affirmation that her relationship with the other woman wasn't just some kind of fling... it's enough to bring damp, sticky tears to her eyes.]
I love you too, Cass.
[She has just enough sense to set the pot containing her new plant friend on the ground beside her door before she throws her arms around Cass, burying her face in the crook of the woman's shoulder.]
No matter what happens here, no matter what hardships you're forced through... nothing will be able to change that.
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[Only three little words, and yet the force of them hit Elsa with the force of a speeding truck.
It should be obvious, shouldn't it? They're together. They've been together, for some time now. They've kissed, hugged... they do all the little things couples do. It shouldn't come as a shock to hear Cass say I love you. And yet...
Elsa had been forced to keep her distance from others for so long. From her people, the staff, her family. Love was never something she'd been able to express so freely. Even in the years after her coronation, the three years of memories of home and her two years here in Ryslig, she was still reserved around other people. Affectionate enough with Anna, yes, but it was always a little harder with others. So to hear Cass say that, to have the affirmation that her relationship with the other woman wasn't just some kind of fling... it's enough to bring damp, sticky tears to her eyes.]
I love you too, Cass.
[She has just enough sense to set the pot containing her new plant friend on the ground beside her door before she throws her arms around Cass, burying her face in the crook of the woman's shoulder.]
No matter what happens here, no matter what hardships you're forced through... nothing will be able to change that.