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Pollux was not in any hurry to be out patrolling the streets of Destiny City. Much less was he in any hurry to save some stranger on the street. Sure, as a civilian he might help someone pick up fallen books, or help a tourist with directions but as a senshi? Humf. Might as well beat him with the lazy stick. Of course that didn't mean he was going to turn a blind eye to potential crime victims or 'I am a huge a** walking target, please, feel free to attack me.'

Which was mostly why as he walked by and spotted a child, maybe 11 or less, wandering in what looked like her PJs, alone, Pollux's had his warning bell switched on. Child alone late at night. A perfect target for anyone, not just crazy a** monsters. Combined with the fact a night club wasn't to far away, all Pollux could see was an accident waiting to happen. Drunks see a kid, tease, take it to far, kid gets hurt, hello tragic story at the 7 am news. That was all it would take. Sighing he figured he could try to go over. Maybe kids wouldn't see him as a terrorist. Well, that or scream 'stranger danger'. He'd had that happen once. Some parents didn't like having their kids told that the elevator in the hotel lobby was not a toy.

Ah, distracting thoughts. Putting them aside, Pollux walked rather calmly to the kid, a frown marring his face as he took note of her melancholy. "Kid." He was a poet. "You shouldn't be out so late, much less alone." He didn't look anything like what the chibi of sleep might consider a prince. If anything Pollux was the angry steward. Arms crossed, a look of mild concern mixed with a disapproving scowl. "You should be in bed."

She...It was there. A power signature. He'd missed it earlier, but that close, and the sight of her alternate tiara erased any lingering doubts. Pollux was looking at another senshi. A child senshi no less. Kids these days. What was next? Mind controlling house plants? Aliens? Bounty Hunters from Space? Time machines in Police Boxes? Wands and wizards? Stolen furniture fanatics? He hoped none of those things came to be. Destiny City was crazy enough as it already was. No more need for crazy thank you.
He reply made him raise a brow. The sky? Looking up his scowl deepened. The tall-tell signs of artifical stars and planes acting like stars, the real ones hidden under the glowing lights of city life. He'd have much rather been able to see the actual stars, just not some reflection of artificial light. To bad, so sad. With a sigh Pollux got ready to shile the small senshi and urge her to go home, but her smile killed him. She had the look.

The look was something akin to a wet kitten. It was small, depressing, and called out to him to give it aid, even if he really didn't want to show it. Kids and their sad kitten faces. Some adults had them, (Like his brother at times), and most girls were born with the ability, (like Jada). Kids were the worst. They did it not even knowing they did. Reluctantly, (or was it timidly?), Pollux sat himself in the other swing. "Could be better in my opinion." He shrugged. Overall, the girl's small smile gathering more of his sympathies. "You seemed to depressed to enjoy it anyhow. Care to explain?"

Pollux hadn't been to space yet. For a few good number a reasons. The biggest being the fact that apparently it was cold in space. And Pollux hated the cold. Someday however he would go into space and be amazed, perhaps going so far to make it a habitual thing. Until then however, Pollux was firmly planted on earth. Earth was where he'd been born, senshi or not. Even if he had a 'past life', he certain that he was nothing like his brother-
"Prince?" Pollux's eyebrow raised questioningly. He had met a prince? That certainly didn't happen everyday. Or night. Unless of course, you were him. And were subject to having the fact thrown at you in an almost dickish manner.

Pollux watched the girl's expression change and felt..pity? Sadness? A jumble of conflicting emotions. A dream or not, it clearly had upset her. Little girls were like their bigger counterparts in many ways, always wanting to find their prince charming. The little ones just voiced it with more innocence. And less...social awkwardness. But hearing her, Pollux could feel that same disappointment that came with broken dreams and shattered illusions. Sighing, he swung a bit back and forth, trying to find the right thing to say.
"I- well."
He didn't know what to say really. Aside from 'that sucks'. And he couldn't just say that!
"Dreams...are good to have, nightmares just help remind us that some dreams are harder to find than others." There. That sounded right.
Okay maybe not the best but." Look, if it's any consolation, I know a prince. A real one. He'd tell you all about his princess if you let him. I don't know if he's....gentle, but he's a decent guy." Pollux had to give Castor some credit.
"Even if he does like to make me do extra paper work at 3 am."

Kids were like tiny demons. They would act sweet but behind that face was a monster, ready to rip your face off to get what they wanted. So when Pollux saw the shift in the chibi senshi he felt grim. Oh god what had he gotten himself into this time? Apparently a little girl's ideology of royalty, that was for sure. "He's...okay. He's my brother so I don't think that leaves me without much bias. And no, He wouldn't hurt a princess, maybe flirt but not hurt.." In the back of his head he said to himself, 'not on purpose anyway'. Elzo, er, Castor had the nasty happy of saying s**t and not realizing just what he said often enough. So, who could really say?

"And our horses are back home, it wouldn't be sound of us to have them brought here when they are perfectly fine in Italy." It was more information about himself then he intended. Damn kids, getting those little bits of information due to their innocent nature. If he wasn't careful, Pollux might just end up becoming her..'friend'. Otherwise known as baby sitter. Ironically it wouldn't have been the first time.

"I take it if you could, you'd want to meet him some time."

Pollux watched Hypnos and her reactions. She was a child, and her innocence, her youth was moderately refreshing. He spent his days with men older than himself, suits and ties and people out for the blood of the company rivals. So the fact Hypnos was just...not like that was nice. A break in typical monotony of his interactions with others. "Yes, Italia." He let his accent come out over the word. "It's far away, across the sea, I also lived in France at one time. Germany for a summer, and Spain for a short while. My childhood was mostly in New York so...I am not so foreign. Just lucky in that I was educated overseas." He shrugged. Boarding school after school. Transferring in and out. It was a bleak time, when he had no one, just Elzo. Then they'd come to Destiny City, and it all changed.

He question of relativity did make him laugh outright. "Er, well, technically if he was a traditional prince, but no. I'm just a regular senshi. He is prince of his own world." A shrug. "I assume I must have been just senshi of my own, he said its one of the few things he can't recall from the past. He knows I was there with him. But not my place. Not my rank. I was just his brother. Nothing more. Nothing less. Royalty for a senshi isn't the same like it is here on earth."

She was indeed, innocent in her questions, and genuine. Pollux felt his normal apathy giving way. "You truly want to meet him then? Even if he is annoying?"

It was...sad for him to hear at the very least. "It can be..hard living with two parents who are not together all the time." His own were hardly prime examples of good parenting. They were just above the poster parents for 'abusive'. But in modern America, the idea that if you had an image of a good family their certainly wasn't any abuse right? Nothing under the surface. The notion Pollux scoffed at; That was his family's poster. Perfecting the illusion of a loving home for business, and wanting nothing but to kill each other behind closed doors.

"Paris eh? That's nice. The fashion there alone is-" He chuckled, wondering if a child might find his taste for fashion strange. "It's a wonderful city." He left it at that. Ruffling her head a bit, Pollux gave her a soft smile. "I'm glad, I don't think I'd make a good prince anyway. I think I'd prefer the role of steward while the prince is off with his princess so to speak."

Pulling out his phone he dialed a number. Voice flowing into Italian as the voice on the other line laughed. Phone flipped closed, and Pollux smiled. "Consider the prince on his way."

He laughed again. Such was the magic of a child, such was the magic of innocence. "Trust me. A prince I am not." The crown of flowers tipped on his head. He felt better and more relaxed, even if her told himself it was dangerous to drop his guard like this, even for a child. "But, the crown is nice, even if it-" The flowers drooped, one falling onto his face, making him smirk. "See? My crown even agrees with me. Perhaps I best leave the being a prince to the real prince. Even if for a night." He sat down on the swing again, kicking back and forth.

"Come, sit and wait, Castor will be here soon enough." And of course, he was. The eternal senshi of hail arrived, and at the sight of his brother, flower crown and all, he laughed. "That's a good look Bro. Is there something I aught to know about you-"
"You really need to work on opening your eyes Castor, Especially-"
"Oh hey there, you look a bit familiar. Have we met before?" Castor walked up to Hypnos, all smiles. "Prince Castor. Well, Eternal Senshi, can't really walk around the city with wings you know." Pollux just sighed and scoffed.
"Hypnos, this is my brother, the prince I told you about." Castor hardly looked prince like. "This is Chibi Hypnos Castor-"
Castor was busy. Busy stealing himself the other swing.