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By the way, Rose, Thursday is officially the Go Berserk And Do Every Weird Thing Imaginable day at my house, so this was extremely funny for me. XD

LOL, that’s awesome! I picked that randomly, so it’s funny how that worked out XD

Okay, I’m getting a bit of writer’s block, so you know what that means? Time for Liorah to pick a fight with someone! Drama!! Yay!! I’m going to make her argue with Gavril, because I’ve never gotten him angry before,  he isn’t as short-tempered as Liorah. Let’s see what he does, shall we?

Gavril

I’d forgotten about Riure! Thankfully, she was alright, but she must be frightened. I let go of the railing only long enough to grab her sleeve and pull her closer.

“I’m so sorry, it happened so fast. I’m sorry,” I said, hastily. “Are you alright?”

“I don’t know if there’s anything else, but if you like, there’s a railing here. You can hold on if that helps,” I said, placing her small hand on it so she knew where it was.

I turned around to tell Liorah to stay closeby in case something else exploded, but she was already drifting upward again. She was enjoying herself, but it made me nervous.

“Get down from there. There might be more of those,” I said, authoritatively.

“No, I don’t think there are,” Liorah said, with all the conviction of someone who had no idea what they were talking about.

“Come down, now,” I said, switching to Lehabim. Liorah was in one of her ‘I-don’t-need-anyone-because-I’m-a-princess-and-nothing-can-touch-me’ moods. They were one of the most frustrating things about her, and that was saying something.

“Stop bossing me around,” Liorah said, in the common language. Whatever intentions I’d had of not broadcasting our argument to the entire world was thrown out the window. She flipped around until she was upside down again, purely to annoy me.

It was working. I felt the almost irrepressible urge to yank her down and tell her to start behaving more like a princess and less like a spoiled child.

“Your Highness, what you’re doing is dangerous and downright silly. I’d appreciate it if you cease.” I said, icily.

“Oooh, we’re at the ‘Your Highness’ stage, are we?” Liorah mocked, “Next is the ‘irresponsible-unprincessly-be-ashamed’ phase. Wait for it…” She was clearly making fun of me and it was grating across my nerves. I gritted my teeth and snapped at her.

“You bet we are. Stop behaving like a five-year-old. Why are you like this?”

“Not everyone can be perfect,” Liorah said, mockingly. “Something got mixed up and you got all the good traits, and I got all the bad ones.”

“I’m starting to believe that myself,” I said, scathingly.

It was unfair and immature to get down to her level, but she simply refused to cooperate. This wasn’t the right way to solve this, but I was too angry to think about it. I should have stopped before, simply let her do whatever she liked and save her when she got in trouble.

I saw the hurt in her face turn to anger.

“Don’t try to tell me what to do. You’re not Father, that’s one thing I’m sure of,”

I flinched, then glared at her. She always knew where it hurt the most.

Liorah glared back in her most obstinate way. There were few things I had ever encountered that could get on my nerves like her.

I was the first to look away. I didn’t say anything. It wouldn’t be any use at this point.

“Sulking again? How royal and mature of you.” Liorah said, scathingly.

Ordinarily, I would have walked away at this point, if only to prevent myself from strangling her. But there was nowhere to go so my only alternative was pretending she didn’t exist, which I did valiantly.

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Ah, yes. Liorah’s doing what she’s best at, causing trouble and arguing. I’ve never written an argument between her and Gavril, but I’m planning one, so it’s good practice.

And don’t worry, Liorah actually has reasons for behaving as she does, I just couldn’t fit them in Gav’s POV. I’ll add them in hers. 😉