Soon enough after the princess spoke her last word, it had gotten easier to push things out of Prince Qui's mind. His arm was already growing numb with the weight of the princess' head on his bicep. He tried flexing his fingers and when they moved, there was something ticklish on his nerves.
He sighed, wanting to move but he did not want to wake the motionless princess. Prince Qui tried breathing exercises. It was something that Jinghua (Doctor Friend) taught him. It was after the first time he had come back after being on a journey outside the wall. Ever since then, he did not know what real sleep was like.
There were some remedies. One was alcohol but that was not a good idea at all. He had high-tolerance with that liquid that made people drunk and lose their memories of the night, but it only made the prince's waking moment harder.
