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"Aravis, you worry me" Susan said calmly, finding the girl fidgeting on a bench, about to rip a hole on the skirt of her dress.
"Oh, Susan, I'm sorry, I just…. It's just that… I… aaaah! I don't know" Aravis said, letting out a cry of frustration at her inability to express herself.
"Alright, breathe, a deep breath, and exhale" Susan indicated, motioning the girl to do as she said.
"Good, now tell me, what's happening" the queen asked again, the kindness in her clear eyes bringing comfort to the calormene girl.
"It's Cor" Aravis whispered, feeling her face burning again, her gaze dropping to her hands resting on her lap.
"Ah, you've been fighting again?" Susan asked, eyebrows rising when Aravis shook her head.
"I… I don't know what it is, but I think I'm in love with him" she confessed, looking up at the Gentle queen, embarrassment shining in her dark eyes. Susan smiled at her, her features lightening with relief and chuckled, enveloping Aravis in her caring embrace.
"That is wonderful dear! Why are you ashamed of it?" she asked, rocking them back and forward.
"Because its Cor!" Aravis replied in a desperate whisper. "What can I do, Susan? I know he doesn't love me" she spoke again, coldness clenching her chest, tears threatening to come out.
"First, you have to admit you love him, there is nothing wrong about it. He is a handsome boy, very kind and gentlemanly, and he cares for you, very dearly" Susan told her, moving a bit to look at her in the eye. "You are a very pretty girl and its obvious he loves you back, it's evident on the way he behaves around you" the queen said, smiling in a way that was most motherly and affectionate, snatching a smile from the young tarkeena. "Also, it would be convenient if you tried to keep the fights to the minimum, that would be a good start" Susan said yet, teasing Aravis a bit.
In the end, Susan had managed to comfort her about the whole situation, and convinced her to drop hints to Cor about her feelings in the hope he would catch them. However, it would take much more convincing to keep her from killing Corin the next time he decided to target her with his cheekiness.
