"Whatever, princess," the maid called back as she headed off towards the bedroom but a soft thought came into mind. 'I still need to pay my little toy a lesson or two,' but her shadow overcast the porcelain walls as the candles that lit it soon descended down; a whisper blowing them away.
Meanwhile in the world that had a desert, the Vector of Memory was still a bit distraught from her confrontation from the leader of the group, Elluka Clockworker. She softly patted her nose, worrying of what cruel methods would lie in her path or today or the future seeing as how Renia wasn't the type to leave anything not dealt with. The group had arrived to the town as the twins were off with Anne as Elluka was off, speaking of an errand she needed to do. There was no sight of the "King," and he wasn't going to appear anytime soon as Gilda couldn't even see him hanging about from the ancient walls or snatching food from the vendors.
Certainly, without much to do, she pulled out a book from her pocket. Surely she never did speak of anyone of her fascination of books or literature besides the rare few that spoke of it first. She sat herself down onto a base of a broken column and flipped throguh the pages. She had another in the second pocket of her pants, located further down but that contained a rare copy of a philosopher she had never heard of. She enjoyed her writing but when she spoke of her mother about it, Mrs. Leone turned her back towards her daughter. 'The writing is cursed!' That was all her mother would shout at her time and time again, but Amara never knew why. Amara didn't, Gilda didn't, but the Philosopher did.
Cursed words lead to the gallows.
As she flipped throguh the pages of the tarnished red cover book, her mind came at ease to revisit the tale of a woman or painting named "Leia." The story was called "Leia," as it dealt with the plot of a painter falling in love with his own creation but his imagination taking the better of him. Sort of a god complex gone horribly wrong with romance. Interestingly enough, Gilda appreciated the name choice of "Leia," seeing as how it meant "lie" in another tongue but she didn't remember which.