"Are you okay?" the pink haired girl asked, a bit of worry etched into her face.
Blinking quickly, the Senshi of Time tried to figure out what to do. Given a little bit of time, she would be able to collect herself, and come up with a suitable response. Her problem was that she didn't have those moments to spare. "Why do you ask?"
"You seem... I don't know... Sort of out of it."
"I... I've just been thinking. I'm okay."
"You're sure about that? I mean, I'm used to it from some of the others that I know, but not you."
"I'm fine. Trust me."
"If you say so... But I'm not really convinced."
"Don't worry. So, what are you doing here?"
"Ah... the Academy gave me the day off."
"The 'Academy'?"
"Yes, you know. The Royal Academy. The place where all the kids of the bigwigs go? And I'm supposed to set an example there."
"And you don't?"
"I try, but Mom says that she wants me there to have a bit more of my own life now. Boys, friends, music and all that."
"You're having problems?"
"Some, but nothing I can't handle."
"Like what?"
"Oh, the usual. I get boys hitting on me because I'm the Royal Heir. Or if they don't know that, a lot figure that I'm some pretty rich girl that they can wine and dine for their own egos."
"Is that so bad?"
Rolling her eyes, the Princess gave a very unladylike snort. "Oh yeah, like I want to date a guy whose pick up line is something like... 'C'mon babe, I have a cousin who knows the Royal family.'"
That brought an involuntary giggle from Setsuna. "That must have been interesting."
"It was fun to see his face when I let him in on who I am. I left him gaping like a fish after he realized that I sure as heck knew the Royal Family."
"Though one could not tell that from your language."
"You can blame Uncle Ranma for that bit. Actually, you already do, but not that you really complain about that. After all, nobody saw anything bad when you let him start training me. I mean, I understand that a Princess should be able to defend herself, but have you ever seen his training techniques?!"
"They are likely much easier than the ones that he was put through."
"There you go again. You keep on saying that, but no one wants to explain what that means."
"It's not something that we would likely want to really bring up."
"Is that so?"
"Yes."
"Then, I have one little favor to ask."
"What is it?"
"Tell me what's really going on, or at least visit Aunt Ami."
Setsuna's jaws clenched as it sunk home that this girl was a whole lot more observant than the one that she had known in the Post-'Great Freeze' Crystal Tokyo. For a few moments she tried to figure out what to do. Finally, she came up with the idea to:
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