Elizabeth had purposely distracted herself from the main point successfully.
The child had used a technique that long ago, amidst times that caused her soul grave stress, she had come up with to maintain her mind detracted from what disturbed it.
Facetious attitudes in the mid of terrible situations that were experienced... She kept her mind out of the dreadful misdeeds she had to endure in the inescapable reality she was temporarily chained in.
As carefree as it could have appeared to others; Sometimes her silly thoughts did not act up as a mere display of her cheerful personality.
Instead, it was forced to emerge intending to protect her optimistic side.
Not fronting the cruelty of her reality... was the child's only option at times.
Now — although it was not a traumatic event — the accumulation of many incidents lived from her recent arrival at the Palace were causing her composure to lose stability.