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It was damn important news in his perspective. He'd been an eternal one day, a Prince the next. Power levels over 9000. Wings that moved. A ******** crystal. Magic on magic on cocaine and tiger's blood. Win here, win there. Bi-winning. He was a royal now. But he was...at a loss. He had no court. No one who to call his subjects. He had a people. Those were his allies. The senshi. The white moon royals who had been beacons oh hope...and now he was one himself? Well. Sort off. He was from Castor, which wasn't..really a moon. Or white. Point was he was a prince and had no ******** idea where to start.

He knew of one royal who he could find. Chronos. But, he just knew her in that strange friend of a friend, 'oh we say hi as we see each other in the hallway' type thing. But there was someone he trusted. Someone he knew and had asked for advice from in the past. She also knew about Lina. Who was also a factor. Okay she was a big factor. A huge one. Screw it, she was part of why he was a prince. He would protect her. Help the world for her. For them. But how did you explain to your allies that the old negaverse ex-girlfriend was actually your real girlfriend but it's okay now because Cosmos purified her? Really...Castor had no clue how to handle it when he would have to confront some of his old allies, much less his friends.

Flora was someone Castor trusted, both as a senshi, and as a friend. She knew of his problems in his past, and he hoped she might help him with those he was facing in the near future. Because of this, he'd called her out, hoping to get some advice.

Or just a good firm talking to.

He was done with his days of pining. It was more like these were days of smothering his love. Lina was Daphne. Daphne was Audrey, but no one knew that anymore. Not really. Audrey never was. Just Daphne. Daphne and Lina. One and the same. God, how did one explain that? Correction, you really didn't. Castor fidgeted as he thought about how to tell Flora the news.
'Hi, I am a prince, and I need to figure out what that means.'
'So, you know how Lina was evil? I got her purified, and sort of became a prince as a side effcet'.
'I dun goof'd'

Yeah. Castor wasn't sure how to say it. As Flora came into view, the senshi of hail smiled, trying not to fuss. "I am going to marry Lina." Oh yes. Just what NOT to say.

Back stepping. "Er, no. Okay start over. Lina was my wife in the past. And I wasn't just a senshi- I was a Prince. But now we're getting our second chance and she's been purified and I'm back to being a prince and I have a crystal and wings and Flora I-" He sighed.
"s**t, I'm sorry. I'm babbling. Point is, I am a prince Flora." He didn't want to just power up. That would draw every youma and negaverse officer for miles towards them. "I don't know how to really explain it all but..I'm Prince Castor, senshi of hail."

He was attempting to give her puppy dog eyes. "Help?"

Ah yes.Dramatic reaction get. It was just the type of thing he should have expected, given some of their previous conversations on the matter. "Yes. that Lina" He took a deep breath. Tried his best to not get emotional. Looking at her right in the eyes Castor's voice didn't waiver as he said it again. "I am going to marry Lina. The same Lina who once was known to use as Linarite." Did he seem more determined? He hoped he did, because it was taking a ton of internal control to not babbler all over and gush. "She purified. She's not a part of Chaos anymore. She's just..Lina. Mercurian Knight and.." He removed his glove a band of silver on his finger. "My fiance." Voice softened, as well as his expression. He couldn't be serious all the time. "Soon to be my consort...and guess an unofficial princess too I guess?"

He chuckled. "But yeah. Linarite came and we fought and...I couldn't do it in the end Flora. I couldn't kill her...but at the same time." The conflict of his choice still weighed on him. They had tipped the scales....but which side would reap the greater befits? "I couldn't live without her. She was, she is, my reason for fighting. I almost took that final step Flora." A sad smile. "I almost pulled a real life Romeo." Sighing hands fell to his sides in defeat. "Cosmos showed up and stopped me. She gave us a choice. Lina...she chose to escape the darkness and I-" A shrug. "I became a prince. It just...was."

"From what memories I've managed to recall since is that I died in the past while in battle, but no memories of my ascension have come up. Just my final moments alive. As to here and now, I have the Castorian Crystal, as finicky as it is. For the other princes..." Another shrug, the a very heavy scowl. "Eon I...can only express my condolences for, but as far as Endymion is concerned he not an ally. He betrayed us, he betrayed Earth. I'm more concerned with Chibimoon knowing her father is back, yet knowing at the same time that he is..."

Castor's voice trailed off as he took another breath. "But yes. I am a prince. And frankly I have no idea where to start. Aside from the fact I have my crystal again, I don't know what that means. You know me Flora. I'm not the best guy, much less a wholesome character. I'm just..lost here. I figured I'd it might be a good idea to talk to the royal who's been around a while but...um." Nervous chuckles and Castor was rubbing the back of his head. "I uh...am not exactly close to Chronos. Sure we've talked but..this sort of thing doesn't seem like something you just kinda bring up."

Castor was smiling at her. Smiling as she had a ragefest. "Yes and Yes and I will let you figure that one out on your own." He wasn't about to tell the world Lina was Daphne. Linarite had created a great deal of enemies in the senshi ranks. The last thing he would do is let the secret fall to those who might not be so keen to his wife. How many senshi were brutal? Quite a few. They lived and fought in a war and he wasn't so stupid to think some might not desire revenge for her past actions. "But I'm ME again Flora. I- for the first time in my life I am with someone and I feel whole. Like something I was missing is back. I know it's weird, I know it's crazy but Flora." He grabbed her hand and gave it a squeeze. "Please try to understand. She is the one. On my world I can feel it. She is a part of me. She's- Just try to understand it. For me." He wanted the senshi to love her like he did. He didn't want them to look at her with hate or resent. He wanted them to see her and welcome her.
He left her hand go, expecting still the senshi of spring to sock him anyway. Even he would give that almost killing them both had been a stupid idea in the end.

"Please. Let me meet with Chronos. My wife's past aside I am a prince now and I need help. Lina gave up everything to be with me again. She- Flora, they were going to kill her. They were going to kill her just because she loved me. Please." He was begging. Castor had always trusted Flora and held her in high respect. She'd given him advice, been an ear to his woes, and more than that she was his friend. He wanted her to understand. If he couldn't convince her to at least give Lina a chance...what hope did he have with others? "I am not asking you to forget the past Flora. In the past I fell in love with a woman from earth, a knight of Mercury. She loved me in return and we wed. Then war found us and ripped us apart. She died in my arms, and I couldn't save her. But I made a vow, a promise to find her again. To be with her again. And now, I completed that vow. I found her again and by the grace of Cosmos she's back." He was pleading with her. He wanted just a chance. "I don't expect everyone to forgive her, but give her a chance. She gave up everything to be with me, she risked her life to be with me. I- I want be able to save her, to protect her. I don't want to lose her again Flora." The memory of her dying in his arms haunted him. He'd never forget that. He'd never forgive himself for not being able to reach her in time. Emotions ran wild in his voice. Betraying him and showing his raw feelings.

"I want to be a prince. I want to be able to fight without fear of hurting the other senshi. I want to protect them, all of them; but I'd be lying Flora to say that was it. It would be a shitty lie to not say that one main reason I want to see Chronos is so in being a prince I can keep her alive this time. That I can keep my ultimate promise to her. A world where we could be together without fear of the darkness about to rip us apart." Castor took a deep breath. "Please, even if you can't forgive what she did in the darkness, give her a chance in the light. For me."
If Castor couldn't at least sway Flora...who could he hope to convince?

"I need to do this...both for myself...and for her."

It took about 5 seconds for the words to sink in. In those five seconds Castor looked at Flora like a fool. But once they had passed, the senshi of spring found herself in a hug with Castor all but jumping up in down with joy and childlike delight. "Thank you Flora! Oh ******** hell thank you." He did spin her around twice before setting her down thought. Some giddy actions even he couldn't contain.

Laughing, Castor grabbed her hands and kissed them. "Thank you. Thank you thank you thank you Flora. God you don't even know how much that means to me. I- I just worry. To just be willing to try, I just worry not everyone will or can. She..She was with them so long. Some of what she did-" He shook his head. "Its the past. I promise someday, soon even, I'll set you up to meet her. I'm sure you'll see it. She's an amazing woman." There was no wrong to be found in Lina. He was blind to such things. He'd yet to face them.

"And ******** thank you. If Chronos can help me that would be the ever loving s**t. I dont want to almost kill myself again. Or...ruin more of my home. Granted you- can't really ruin ruins. Well I guess you can but nobody live there so augh just-" He picked her up in another hug. "Thank you Flora."

Eager to set up some sort of get together had the senshi of hail's head shaking up and down. "That is no problem, I can set up a date or just...a casual run in. Just, augh I'd kiss you if we hadn't already established how weird that is plus the fact I'm ya know..." Castor gave a sigh and relaxed, tension fading into the warm air. "I used to wake up and wonder what life would be like if I could just be able to tell her everything and now..." Eyes skyward, the clouds rolled and the flickering lights in the sky becoming artificial stars. Beyond them? Their world, their ancestral homelands.

"Now I get to feel that. It's just-" He looked back, blue eyes gay. "I want the rest of the senshi to have that chance. You know?" It felt liberating to have just gotten this out there, to have it known. To have it- open.

"I'll talk to the senshi I can, Pegasus included. It's my s**t to deal with. Just get to Chronos and call. I'll be waiting for it." As he walked away, Castor waved. "By the way, tell Virgo she still owes me one ice cream date!" laughing he kept walking into the distance. He was a prince, old yet new. But in about an hour, he'd just be Elzo again and he could have the woman he loved in his arms. The woman he'd change the world for. Starting by making sure he was the best prince he could hope to be.