Under the Maltese Skies

[Loyola]

En could not help but wonder why exactly Charlotte is behaving like she got nothing left to lose. There are a lot of horrible things that could be applied to her before selling her off to the enemies for a good reward. In the end, she can be executed among other things. Or forced to live in horrible conditions until the end of her days. What that for she's risking? Or maybe she doesn't simply consider Loyola a threat in the end and thinks that it's all just a game. But most likely she thinks that treatment she has got is normal and that she's perfectly in position to demand more. she is actually very curious about what is going on inside her head now.

— I didn't ask to capture your highness either. Have to admit that I am sometimes very sorry that I didn't let the others deal with you in the way that they see fit, but hey, here we are. Now I feel invested and have some personal sympathies so it cannot be dealt with that easily. I quite frankly do not see the ground for negotiations or deal on your side. All you have is your name and your blood which some people, including me, value. It all has potential that I can allow or disallow to shine. I don't think too many people believe you are alive, it doesn't matter if you exist or not if nobody knows about it.

Loyola suspects that it's something that Charlotte would not love to hear, Outcast then extends her head towards the princess, lifting up her chin a little and turning her face to see her eyes.

— I don't believe that actual investment into the Royal cause will ever pay off monetarily. It's more about the moral pleasure of doing something that is great since you ask for my motives... I've reached a lot, I can buy things I want, now I simply want to do my mission in this world, which I don't know what it is. If fate so decided that you are here maybe that's the one. I know I may sound like a maniac or someone crazed, but I am totally fine. There's just a roof at Malta that is not allowing me to grow, so I need another playground. Because quite frankly, I am not a big fan of my people either. They have broken faith with me many times before.

En then lets her chin go, assume that she got her attention for now,

— I have a wonderful bird in the cage, it makes me feel good. After all this time I feel like it's my bird by now, and then she asks to open the cage and fly away. As you understand doing that is not very rational because birds may fly away and not ever return. That would be very sad, at the same time, I would enjoy watching it, Or since this bird got a lot of problems I should just fly with her and help her solve them? That should be alright if she's not planning anything ill? And I will probably find something to entertain myself as opposed to losing my mind on this godforsaken planet.

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