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Cymbeline doesn't really like boats, but they're the only way to get anywhere in a reasonable period of time, especially when "anywhere" isn't on the mainland. Today he is sailing to Vectis, to oversee the change of governorship; his father the king is needed for courtly matters back home and his mother the queen, despite being the source of his royal blood, declines to involve herself in affairs of state when she can avoid it. Zoyah takes more after Ranae than after Charles in this department. So, it falls to Cymbeline.
Walking on a boat is even more difficult than walking on land, and Cymbeline is no great shakes at the latter to begin with. Unfortunately, neither he nor Kerem, the court magician and Cymbeline's confidante, have been able to figure out how to apply the principles of practicable magic to alleviating princely clumsiness. So Cymbeline is clinging to the railing of the boat, watching the waves, trying to avoid having to walk anywhere.
Walking on a boat is even more difficult than walking on land, and Cymbeline is no great shakes at the latter to begin with. Unfortunately, neither he nor Kerem, the court magician and Cymbeline's confidante, have been able to figure out how to apply the principles of practicable magic to alleviating princely clumsiness. So Cymbeline is clinging to the railing of the boat, watching the waves, trying to avoid having to walk anywhere.
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Date: 2013-06-20 07:22 pm (UTC)And off he goes to go to bed himself.
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Date: 2013-06-20 08:04 pm (UTC)She wakes up early the next morning; even an hour before dawn, it's brighter in her room than it ever gets in the depths. For lack of anything better to do, she makes her way to the study (she's starting to get the hang of this walking thing) and sits down with the book of sign, refreshing her memory of everything she learned yesterday.
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Date: 2013-06-20 08:11 pm (UTC)I can see.
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Date: 2013-06-20 08:25 pm (UTC)She's a little less driven today, but still clearly interested. In both Cymbeline and what they're learning together.
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Date: 2013-06-20 08:28 pm (UTC)"If you ever want, I can take your legs, hold them in a jar, and give them back later. If you want to swim."
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Date: 2013-06-20 08:55 pm (UTC)However, Cymbeline has other obligations today. First of all, breakfast is called for - he has this brought into the study, for both of them, but it distracts from lessons nonetheless. And then:
"I have lessons too," he says. "After lunch, I can teach you more. Do you want to read what you've learned so far again until then?"
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