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[deconflagration]

"Hey, this is Zuko, which you... hopefully already know if you're trying to contact me. Anyway, I'm not here right now, so... well, if you've got something important to say, leave a message and I'll get back to you."

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[hairraisingly]

[ She closed her eyes and repeated. ]

" 'Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Let down your hair to me.' "

[deconflagration]

[ Giving her hand another squeeze. ]

"She let the... hair down. The king's... son... a...ascend...ed... but instead... of finding his... dearest... Rapunzel... he found... the... enchantress... who gazed at him... with... wicked and... veno...mous... looks."

[hairraisingly]

[ She frowned and turned the page. ]

" 'Aha!' she cried mockingly, 'you would fetch your dearest, but the beautiful bird sits no longer singing in the nest; the cat has got it, and will scratch out your eyes as well. Rapunzel is lost to you; you will never see her again.' "

[deconflagration]

[ Hmph. Bastard Flynn. ]

"The king's son... was beside... himself... with pain... and in his... des...pair... he leapt... down from... the tower.... He escaped... with his life... but the... thorns... into which... he fell... pierced his eyes."

[hairraisingly]

" He wandered quite blind about the forest, ate nothing but roots and berries.... and did naught but lament and weep over the loss of his dearest wife... Thus he roamed about in misery for some years, and at length came to the desert where Rapunzel, with the twins to which she had given birth, a boy and a girl... lived in wretchedness. He heard a voice, and it seemed so familiar to him... that he went towards it, and when he approached, Rapunzel knew him and fell on his neck and wept. Two of her tears wetted his eyes and they grew clear again, and he could see with them as before. He led her to his kingdom where he was joyfully received, and they lived for a long time afterwards, happy and contented. "

Th-the end?

[deconflagration]

That was a stupid story.

[hairraisingly]

Whoever wrote it got most of their facts wrong.

[deconflagration]

You and that Flynn guy had kids. Two.

[ Yeah. Because he can talk. You know, what with his grandson being on board and all. ]

[hairraisingly]

I never had a kid with anyone! And I wouldn't have one with him either! [ She makes a disgusted looking face. ]

And my moms not some kinda.... enchantress thing!

[deconflagration]

[ He frowns and stares aside. Things that happen on the ship don't affect outcomes at home. That's why his grandson's here. That means she probably did marry Flynn and have children with him. ]

...Yeah. I know.

[hairraisingly]

If you know that then why do you look so down now?

[deconflagration]

I'm not down!

[hairraisingly]

[ She reaches over to him and turns his face and before anyone says anything she leans forward and kisses him. ]

[deconflagration]

[ He still manages a slight pout. ]

[hairraisingly]

[ She frowns and takes the book from his lap. ]

This is a dumb book and and I shouldn't have picked it.

[deconflagration]

...I'm the one who picked it.

[hairraisingly]

Then I shouldn't have encouraged it. [ She frowns more. ]

I'm suppose to be helping you get better and Im making your mood gloomy.

[deconflagration]

I'm not gloomy.

[hairraisingly]

...you mean it?

[deconflagration]

I mean it.

[ Because if he had to label the emotion he's feeling, it'd be angry and that's not gloomy. ]

[hairraisingly]

[ Her grip on his hand was still pretty firm. ]

Okay, Zuko. I believe you.

[deconflagration]

...Thank you for reading with me. I know it must have been hard to sit there and wait forever for me to finish my paragraphs. You were really patient.

[hairraisingly]

[ She shakes her head quickly. ]

No No not at all,. Zuko! I was really enjoying reading together with you!

In fact I'm really really proud of you!

[deconflagration]

I thought after a while you'd get frustrated and ask to finish it on your own.

[hairraisingly]

I think you were doing a great job, Zuko. You were sounding out the words and... and I just love listening to your voice.