[In the dim light, Raps was allowed to make that mistake. She blended well into the dark, broken setting of this place. It's just too bad that Cassandra recognized Rapunzel immediately. The same deep pools of green, glinting in the dark, watching her for the first time as the panic briefly stalled.
But that voice... It brings to mind the televisions that squatted in their homes, clunky boxes of technology that displayed stories through a haze of moving monochromatic pictures and static. The sounds they made were not much better - they were real people's voices, Cass had been assured of that, but some part of it still felt fake. Even now.
Rapunzel's voice wasn't meant to sound like that.]
Rapunzel?
[Rapunzel hisses in pain and Cassandra winces empathetically. One hand follows hers, fingers ghosting over Rapunzel's neck as she inspects where Raps had touched it more thoroughly. It's plain to see; even in this light, Cass could easily make out the barely-healed scar tissue that had certainly never been there before. It's disgusting, infuriating... and yet, it's the fear in those emerald eyes that makes her feel the worst.
They took her. They... hurt here. Something so unlike a monster in a forest. A person did this.]
Oh. Oh, Rapunzel. I'm so sorry...
[A clatter of something behind them. For the moment, Cass barely notices.]
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But that voice... It brings to mind the televisions that squatted in their homes, clunky boxes of technology that displayed stories through a haze of moving monochromatic pictures and static. The sounds they made were not much better - they were real people's voices, Cass had been assured of that, but some part of it still felt fake. Even now.
Rapunzel's voice wasn't meant to sound like that.]
Rapunzel?
[Rapunzel hisses in pain and Cassandra winces empathetically. One hand follows hers, fingers ghosting over Rapunzel's neck as she inspects where Raps had touched it more thoroughly. It's plain to see; even in this light, Cass could easily make out the barely-healed scar tissue that had certainly never been there before. It's disgusting, infuriating... and yet, it's the fear in those emerald eyes that makes her feel the worst.
They took her. They... hurt here. Something so unlike a monster in a forest. A person did this.]
Oh. Oh, Rapunzel. I'm so sorry...
[A clatter of something behind them. For the moment, Cass barely notices.]