Liv frowned for a moment as the bubbly, confident princess seemingly deflated a bit, before beginning to tell her tale in a much-more-serious tone. The little princess listened wordlessly to Fareeha’s speech, bringing her hand up to cover her mouth at those simple words. “he died.” How could one be so matter-of-fact about that? About the termination of life?

After the story finished Liv just sat there, speechless. Mai seemed equally confused, but she finally said how… interesting it was. Then she gave her own comment about rabbits.

Finally Liv spoke, turning first to Fareeha. “I am sorry for your loss, Fareeha. It is- it must not be easy to lose a friend.” She let those words settle for a moment, then glanced at Mai. A soft smile settled over the small girl’s face as she thought back to the fluffy rabbits kept by a few of the girls at court. In Lusitania rabbits were mostly bred for food, but sometimes a soft-hearted young girl would rescue one and keep it as a pet.

Speaking of rabbits… Liv thought again to Fareeha’s snake. Snakes were known to eat rabbits and other small fluffy things.

Including birds.

Liv subconsciously reached up to her shoulders with both hands, running the tips of her fingers lightly over the heads of the four birds perched there. “U-um… Fareeha… does your snake, um… does it eat birds?...” the question trailed off awkwardly and the girl swallowed, blushing and looking down.