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"I am not." He responded softly. "It is a beautiful gift, Lily. I am jealous of it. There is no need for you to be punished, or forgiven. You have done nothing wrong. It merely makes you more lovable. You are too special to be harmed."

"You are quite welcome." and laughed, patting her shoulders before moving away again, finally deciding to bathe himself, listening once again to the teen as he spoke. "Perhaps a few books might help you, hm?" He questioned before rinsing out his hair. "You are not a bentien, you are my companion, Lily. I would not hinder your abilities. I will help you polish them."

"It is not terrifying, controlling ice is terrifying." And froze the uppermost layer of the water, the heat underneath it failing to melt it. "An illusion or a mirage will be easy to control with practice. The worst you could do is show someone your thoughts on accident, I froze my teacher when I was learning." and finally he let the ice melt away, touching one and pushing it around until his finger fell past the liquid. He stood up, reaching for the towel and dried himself off, looking at the clothes as though they'd magically change into something else. It was a shame he didn't have that ability, he'd get rid of the disgustingly blue cape. But he changed, putting on the white outfit, his boots before picking up the velvet cape, cloak, whatever it was.

He interrupted whatever Lily was doing to kiss her lips softly, not quite friendly, but no where near lustful. Elliot needed the small release, his day was going to be stressful. Letting go he smiled. "Now you can continue getting dressed. We've got time to go and eat breakfast, since it was not placed in here for us." He noted, looking around.

"Keep me from becoming angry, watch the lights for today. I should be rather relaxed today aside from a few things, but I've learned not to expect such relaxing days." and opened the door to find his sisters there.

"I told you she'd take a bath with him!" Annabelle exclaimed, the other two sisters looking awy, Emily's a tinge pink.

"She was only there to wash my back, Annabelle. Shouldn't you be with your governess?"

Martha held out a bucket of paste. "this was put on her chair. Emily looked up the plants that would make it extra sticky."

The prince's ear twitched, smile forming quickly into a frown. "That's unacceptable! No, you three will go back and apologize to your governess! You have not bee raised as rude hoodlums." he ordered, soon ushering them back to their room of study, opening it to find the governess indeed still sitting down near tears. "Miss Dewitt I absolutely apologize for my sister's misbehavior." Apparently he had startled her because she was quick to turn red in embarrassment, trying to pull herself back together. "My sister's are going to apologize, or their presents will be broken." he hissed quietly at them. It was like he had brother's instead of sisters.

The girls looked at their brother like he was selling them to the Devil, muttering apologies before trying to escape.

"And they will be helping the stable boy today."

"But my dress-" Came the pigtailed one.

"Vetoed. Lily can you find a maid and have her bring an extra set of clothes?" he questioned, looking back at her. Elliot hadn't eaten breakfast and he was already in the process of fixing things.

The girls sulked, or Annabelle and Martha did, Emily seemed to be neutral, apologizing again before dragging her sisters out, leaving her brother, Lily and the governess.

Elliot stared at the teacher who was stuck in her chair. "It is on tight, I presume." A mere nod was given before he sighed, looking around curiously. He'd hate to slice the woman's clothes to get her out. "Any suggestions?" He asked the bentien. "Another maid, perhaps?"

Elliot looked around the room patiently, knowing the governess did not want to be stared out while Lily helped in freeing her. This used to be his study room once, he very much remembered learning in this room. He'd had an old codger as a teacher, then he had passed away right after Elliot had graduated. How odd it was for a man to hold out that long, the old man's heart. He glanced back as the governess stood, thanking both Lily and Elliot before leaving to change.

The prince pulled a book out from the shelf, merely one on the country's history. he had promised Lily a book at the first town they stopped at, but he had not gotten her one. Wouldn't she prefer a brand new one compared to a used one? "Lily, you are welcome to choose a book or two from the shelf if you'd like. The footman never bought you the book I promised, and I apologize for that."

"They are educational, I'll have to find you an entertaining one in the towns or with one of the maids. Actually the library might have some if you'd like one from there instead-" Calculus? Gently taking the red book he opened it, looking at the many equations, remembering very well that he hated the subject. "You want one on mathematics?" And showed her the pages. "If you can solve this that's fine you can have it. You are a smart," woman? man? "You're a smart individual." but didn't he want to start with something easier?