Room 424 [evening]

[momslilassassin]

An afternoon thinking he was a little girl had not been exactly what Ben had been planning, though the distraction had been kind of a relief.

...not that he'd admit that.

He was in his room, carefully examining his air vent to see how the gremlin had gotten in and looking to see if there was a way to discourage them from returning without breaking the terms of the treaty.

The door was open a crack.

[OOC: Post is open completely!]

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[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"Well. Me," she said, smiling softly. "But I don't like seeing anyone your age having to go through something like this. It was hard enough when I was fourteen."

[momslilassassin]

"Being forced into a marriage is pretty bad," Ben protested on her behalf.

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"It is," she agreed, "and I was denied the last vestiges of my childhood before that. You deserve to just be allowed to be fourteen."

[momslilassassin]

Ben gave a sad little smile. "It wasn't much of a thirteen, either."

[notqueenyet.livejournal.com]

"It wasn't much of a ten through fourteen for me," she admitted, smiling softly.

[momslilassassin]

Ben almost brushed his shoulder against hers. "If I tell you everything, you promise not to get upset?" he murmured.