"I still think that she's a little too young to travel."Jupiter insisted.
"But how else would they ever get to see her?"Venus replied. "You know, they don't leave their posts."
"The closest to the Solarian hermits I've ever seen. Difference is, there's more than one Solarian on one planet, but no more than one on one estate, if you don't count their laborers."Mars put in.
Mercury shook her head.
"It does sound like a rather attractive lifestyle at times, though. Perhaps not the fact that you're alone, but that you're calm."she commented.
"Oh, let's not worry about how the Solarians, the Outers, or anyone else decide to live their lives! I want them to see Small Lady. Not just view her by trimensic, or on their communicators, but see her. After all, we won't be leaving the Solar System."Queen Serenity said.
"Let's just hope that you say the same thing to Kunzite. He insists we shouldn't go anywhere at all. If it were up to him, no one would even look out their window. You see how he's arranged all the guards, and all that security around the Palace, as if we weren't enough!"Venus looked indignant.
She looked accusingly around the room.
"Don't you guys think I do my job well enough?!"she demanded.
"Oh, boy, I don't think Kunzite has been good for your self esteem, has he, Venus? He criticizes everything and everybody too much! I really thought after he'd been married to you of all people, he'd lighten up a bit!"Jupiter told her.
"None of you have answered my question!"Venus demanded.
"But we've always thought you've always been an excellent leader."Mercury assured her. "I'm sure that the only reason Kunzite arranged for all this extra security is simply because, well, we've always known that he takes his duty quite seriously, and with Small Lady, here, obviously, the King wouldn't want anything to happen to her, and Kunzite simply acts on it."
Everyone stared.
"Uh,"Mercury decided to keep quiet instead.
"You're probably right."Jupiter dismissed.
"Does that mean we'll be flying escorted and everything?"Mars complained.
"I'm just surprised that Kunzite thinks he himself isn't enough."Serenity said.
"Don't even put that idea into his head! He's been staying up almost every night, checking this, checking that!"Venus told her.
"You just better ask him not be assigning Nephrite for entire days, with no break, and during the night."Jupiter warned her. "Or will I have to ask him myself."
Venus smiled.
"You know, that might not be such a bad idea, either!"she clapped her hands. "Perhaps if he's forced to stay in bed for a while, he won't be so crazy. At least not for a while. It'd give everyone a break! Now, apparently, he's been hallucinating, even. According to him, you'd think there was a new Enemy, or something."
"What?!"
Everyone turned. Luna and Artemis stood in the doorway.
"Did you say something about a new Enemy?"Luna asked suspiciously.
"No, I was just commenting that Kunzite seems to be imaging Enemies."Venus corrected her.
"Hmm…"Luna looked serious. "And exactly what else does Kunzite say?"she asked.
"Don't tell me you're going to take that seriously?"
"I don't know, it could be."Artemis said. "After all, we do know that Kunzite is always up to date on this kind of thing."
"What are you implying, Artemis?"Venus demanded.
"Huh? I wasn't implying anything. I was just saying!"he said, fighting and impulse to run behind Luna, or any of the other girls, out of Venus's reach.
"I say we should investigate this more closely."Luna finished.
"But, Luna, there haven't been any kind of…well, any kind of trouble."Serenity said.
"I don't know, Your Majesty. Perhaps…"
"We have no motives for violence."said Mercury. "Why would anyone want any violence? We've worked so hard! Maybe Kunzite is just seeing ghosts!"
"I don't know."Luna turned to Artemis. "Artemis, you will go find Kunzite immediately, and then you will find out exactly what this is all about, and we can go from there."
"Right."Artemis nodded, and turned.
"You're over reacting, Luna."Mars said.
"I'd still much rather be prepared."