Hello, all, and thanks for dropping by. To be honest, I'm not sure what I've done here. It's mostly just a stream-of-consciousness thing instead of a real story, but I still decided to post it. It fits into the fanon my previous story, Red Valerian, but it's completely standalone.
Chapter 1
Leo watched as a younger woman approached his prison cell. She was carrying a tray of food and a bottle of water
"Your lunch," the woman said. After she set down the food, she took the used tray from breakfast.
"Thank you," Leo replied. He took a sip of water and started on his meal before noticing that the woman was still outside his cell, watching him.
"Are you new?" Leo asked.
"To this prison, but I've been serving the empire for a long time."
"How'd you get this gig?"
"Wyatt has become distrustful of me."
Leo continued eating with an audience.
"Never thought you'd see an Elder eating this, did you?"
"No."
"What's your name?" Leo asked.
A brief moment of silence passed.
"My name is Lynn. And no, I wasn't sure if Elders even ate."
"There are a lot of limitations placed on me now," Leo replied. "Wyatt's doing."
"And the Duke's too, I suppose."
"Yeah, he probably had a role in this, not that it surprises me."
"I understand that you and the Duke did not have the best of relationships," Lynn commented.
Leo hesitated, but then realized that a part of him enjoyed the company.
"No, we didn't. I . . . I didn't have a favorite child, no matter what anyone says, but I definitely acted like I did. I didn't see what I was doing until it was too late."
"Isn't it ironic that Wyatt ended up being the evil one?"
"I think it's time for you to go," Leo said.
Lynn didn't respond. She simply turned away and left.
Later, when dinner came, Lynn arrived at Leo's cell. Without a word, she took the lunch tray and gave Leo dinner before departing.