[ Rapunzel leaves it there, because she's not sure either, and she doesn't want to embarrass herself by saying something along the lines of him being the first human friend she'd made.
Instead she lets her gaze wander to the stars, until she senses him turning beside her, then her gaze goes back to him, instinctively tracking the motion in the corner of her vision. ]
... Knowing mother, not long. [ A sigh. ] ... So... let's say we didn't want to be found yet. Maybe... we keep moving? Get lost in the crowd?
[ Say, dancing? Then they could keep talking and avoid their parents at the same time, especially since they'd technically be fulfilling one of the social expectations at this function anyway.
It's a perfectly good suggestion with perfectly sound reasons!!! ... But she's still nervously picking at a stray pebble (maybe left behind after falling from a pigeon's claws, or from between the treds of a certain feline superhero) on the railing as she waits for his answer. ]
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Instead she lets her gaze wander to the stars, until she senses him turning beside her, then her gaze goes back to him, instinctively tracking the motion in the corner of her vision. ]
... Knowing mother, not long. [ A sigh. ] ... So... let's say we didn't want to be found yet. Maybe... we keep moving? Get lost in the crowd?
[ Say, dancing? Then they could keep talking and avoid their parents at the same time, especially since they'd technically be fulfilling one of the social expectations at this function anyway.
It's a perfectly good suggestion with perfectly sound reasons!!! ... But she's still nervously picking at a stray pebble (maybe left behind after falling from a pigeon's claws, or from between the treds of a certain feline superhero) on the railing as she waits for his answer. ]