Verdant Castle

Of all the possible answers to that you thought of when your feet brought you down that familiar path, an argument was not on the list.

“Really, I don’t need an extra guard. They’ve left, and we’re having renovations to ensure there can’t be a repeat.”

“Iola, the renovations mean more people - strangers - around the palace…”

“And we still don’t know what it was they were really after…”

"Please…”

“I’m already surrounded for so much of my day by guards… They’re right in the other room still…”

“I just want peaceful time by myself sometimes…”

You get the feeling you should stop eavesdropping now, and hurry off towards the Memorial Room.

Just after you turn the corner, you hear the creak of the door you were at opening…