? [Flashback]
Parva Captatio [Small Pursuit] – IV.V
"A copy can never fully mimic the original."
Tch. I almost got her to talk too. She could've told me where the boy went. He must've heard everything and told her. That silver key around her neck was proof enough. I didn't want to play this role any longer. This Lady Shinken business has gone on for a quite a while. I didn't think it would take so long, for that celestial wizard to mature. I desperately wanted this project to be completed. She seemed not to notice many differences in me, but I always knew that the boy had his suspicions of me. Falling off a carriage into a deep abyss, and returning alive. Who could survive that? Who would ever believe such an outlandish story? That's probably why he was so watchful of me. A copy can never fully mimic the original.
Lucy [Flashback]
"It's almost as if she died and became someone else."
I didn't even want to be here anymore. But something kept on compelling me to stay here. Was it my denial? Or was it that the only hindrance to me leaving this place was nothing else but myself? So many things were rushing through my head like the anniversary of my mom's death which was today. What's really weird is that on this same day a few years ago when my mom died, Lady Shinken almost had a close call with death herself. Her carriage tipped on a steep cliff near an abyss and she fell into it. They searched for three days to find a body. Surprisingly enough, she was found alive, with only a few cuts and bruises. But she acted differently. She used to be much more caring. A lot of things about her changed. It's almost as if she died and became someone else. Or rather, she was someone else. What a strange thought.
*insert creepy smile here*
-Tao ^^