When Luna is six years old, she overhears the maids talking to her mother, in hushed, anxious noises. She and Ravus, the mischievous children they are, put their ears to the door and attempt to listen in.
"I'm telling you, it's not right—"
"It's downright wrong, that's what it is, Queen Sylva, there's something wrong with the princess —"
"We all thought it was just a phase, that it would pass, but it's been so long, and there hasn't been a change, and—"
"Calm down, everyone," Her mother says with quiet authority. "Tell me, what is wrong with Lunafreya?"
"Well, Your Highness," One of the maids says, flustered. "She just, well, sometimes she just… isn't here, if you catch my meaning. Like she's listening to something we can't hear, and sometimes she laughs without any reason at all, or speaks to no one."
Luna's breath catches, and Ravus looks at her questioningly.
"I see," Her mother's voice floats through. "I had noticed that in her, but I had dismissed it. For now, keep a closer eye on my daughter, if you will. It might really be nothing to worry about, but I would like to monitor Lunafreya nonetheless."
The maids are a chorus of murmurs, and they voice their agreement.
"What was that all about?" Ravus wonders aloud, and Luna grips the corners of her white dress and does not respond.
Noct is two at the time, and Luna tries to speak through him to the best of her ability, but sometimes she messes up and ends up speaking through her own mouth instead. She had not realized others had noticed.
She needs to be better, so she learns how to coordinate herself and Noct and how to move which leg she wants, eat with the right mouth, and speak in the right tone of voice. No one in the Crown City has a Tenebrae accent, so Luna learns how to speak as a Lucian as well. A child has the capacity to do anything if they put their mind to it, and Luna is determined to make sure that her mother is not worried about her. Within a few months, the worried frowns on the maid's faces fade, and her mother no longer looks at her with something akin to concern.