#(( I suppose Sophie already knows since Rylenn found her before? ))

[soraeia]

In Meriburn [ mentions @soulsxng ]

​Rylenn looks at Sophie in moment of disbelief, almost hurt, by her pushing him. Though he didn't protest the woman's reasons; Allisae looked frightened, and he'd been so caught in his own agenda that he hadn't realized.

"Why are you here...?"

"I was sent by your father." He puts his hands up quickly. "But I am not taking you back. I just...please. Kallen---" His brother's voice leaves his throat in a subtle crack, as though it hurt him to say it. "---if you've run into him...could you tell me where he is? Do you know...?"

"...." Allisae studies his face, trying to see past the glamour. Placing every feature from memory onto his current visage. Along with it, she recalls the imperial guard's kindness. His subtle softness over the years. Questioning just why he had always acted so warmly toward her when everyone else was always so cold.

Then she remembers how much he'd doted on Wrenn, once upon a time. When her boy's hair was darker, like the man before her. When the palace air was so thick with whispers of the resemblance, that they even reached Allisae's sheltered ears.

"....You bring Kallen up to me as though I know him," she says flatly, the statement giving Rylenn pause. "Tell me...do I know him? Should I?"

"....."

#{ gilded cages } imperial au #{ allisae } ic #{ rylenn } ic #{ Festival of the Blue Moons } event; imperial #(( dunno if they saw through the glamour or not )) #(( I suppose Sophie already knows since Rylenn found her before? )) #(( but part of me feels like they're pushed Rylenn away for his safety just as much as they did for Alli's sdsfsfdfs ))