[The formality eases, a silence filling the gaps. She allows herself a sigh -- it sounds tired.]
"Your Majesty" was one of the many ways I was addressed, but now... just Emily is fine. [She doesn't have an Empire anymore, now does she? What a hollow sort of ache that causes, in the pit of her chest.] Here, I'm just another Scion.
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"Your Majesty" was one of the many ways I was addressed, but now... just Emily is fine. [She doesn't have an Empire anymore, now does she? What a hollow sort of ache that causes, in the pit of her chest.] Here, I'm just another Scion.