Lysic

"...disobey me and I will kill you." 

The child remained unfazed, as if her father, the king, were merely discussing the weather. 

The captain swallowed hard. The girl was either remarkably brave or dangerously foolish.
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"Do not underestimate the princess, Nathan. We need her to overthrow him." 

"Father, she's the last person anyone should worry about. There's no one easier to fool than a princess raised in confinement." 
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"Daphne... how did you know I could do it?" 

"What are you talking about?" 

"I never told you about that power." 

"..." 

"Something even my mother doesn't know. So how could you, a princess who has never left the palace, know it?" 

"..." 

"Daphne—" 

"Say, little sister... you have a bird." 

"What are you—" 

"A bird that no one knows about... hidden away where no one could ever find it." 

"..." 

"So, who else but you would know about it?" 

"... No one?" 

"Wrong," she smiled. "The little birdie knows... 

Especially when it escapes."

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