Princess Heron, Hero of Ages, stepped alongside Hazel. There's a tightness to her. A tension. She thinks she's hiding it, but she's not doing a good job of it. Her bearing is proper. Her attitude is diligent. Her smile is nowhere to be seen, even when she tries her best to put it on for you. 

There is the attempt. The attempt to be a calm, supporting figure of strength. To show that you shouldn't take Cair that seriously and there is support and a listening ear there if you need it. But for the attempt to succeed it must overcome its internal barriers first, and those are many and varied and all united under a common banner: [i]There is nothing anyone can do to help, so talking about it is pointless[/i]. And so, instead of being a calm, reassuring and steady presence, you get the feeling that the two of you really are in this together. Nothing is going to get better if you do not accomplish it yourselves, separately.

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