
Hollow-hearted, heart-departed -
Yet thou reapest the blooming rose -
When 'tis the weed which is to be swath'd
Lady Syrbi
Syrbi did not move to look at the Prince as he spoke, wondering what he had done wrong After a few long moments she sighed, letting some of the anger and embarrassment ebb away, though not all of it. "I must remember that thou art not of this world." She said as her hands fell back to her sides, and she looked towards him again, with a half-smile. How troublesome. But, with that thought in her mind, she was not quite sure why she was smiling at him. "Tis only that I did not wish such things said to mine own King. Now," Syrbi took his hand as she said the last word, "Come. Thou doth wish to venture without, correct?" So she lead him along through the halls of the great palace, and back towards the open skies and clouds that marked the Overthere so distinctly.
I do, in the blooming flower, pleasure find!
Innocence is reserved for the meek:
Of naught is my grasp ne'er to be!