Rapunzel's Homecoming 17

Rapunzel's Homecoming 17 - Making a Connection
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Eugene and Rapunzel on the plaza balcony he is pointing at something as the queen comes out. She gives her daughter a hug on the opposite side as Pascal and asks what he was pointing at, seeing nothing out there right now.

"Oh, I was showing her where we were in the little boat when the lanterns went up. It was to be the best day of her life and I wanted to make sure she had the best seat." Eugene explains.

The queens cocked her head and her eyes unfocused as she remembered back to that night. Comforting her husband just before the launch, coming outside and lifting it free of its ribbons together, the plaza coming alive with lanterns, ships launching lanterns too and a little boat all alone on the water.

"Yes, I remember , I thought it odd that there was a little boat out there all by itself. That was you?"

"Yes, it was. She almost capsized us when she saw the first one."
The queen smiled. There were a lot of firsts that day for Rapunzel.

Rapunzel says, "It was so amazing and wonderful and beautiful. At one point the water was so still and the lanterns everywhere it was like being in the middle of a giant cloud of giant fireflies."

"Oh, There was one that came down and almost crashed into us. I remember it particularly because it had the sun sigil on it, I gave it a hand and tossed it way up into the sky." Finishes Rapunzel.

"Wait, it had the sun sigil on it on the sides." asks the Queen intently.

"Yes." they both said.

"That was ours. The King and I have a special one made with the sigil painted on it all the rest are plain."

"So that means..."
"It was..."

Pascal covered his ears just in time for the squee.

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*Author's Note: I couldn't let this go without comment. So close and yet so far, not to have them make the connection would be kinda sad, so we let them find out about it.
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