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[callmeaprincess]

[That grip tightens on her friend as she speaks - this time, not out of fear, but out of concern. She's known ever since they met what happened to Aurora, but the fellow princess never went into detail of how Maleficent made the curse come true. Once there's silence, Jasmine pulls her into a tight embrace, the hand on her arm moving to clasp Aurora's while the other rests over her back.]

You're right. I would never hold that against you, or Aladdin... even myself. I just wish I knew why he only went after some of us. Why you and me, and Corrin, and Beas- Adam, while Aladdin and Belle were untouched? Is it something we've done? Because we know the fae? Because we're use- used to not having control of ourselves?

[Her voice cracks - that's a vulnerability she may never get over, and perhaps shouldn't. But she allows herself a couple of tears in Aurora's presence, before taking a deep breath and continuing.]

When the Green Knight spoke that first night, my mind went back home. To specific events. Very... difficult events. Did that happen to you?

[beautyrest]

[She hugs Jasmine tight, stroking her back and allowing herself to cry as well, several tears falling as she just held on to the desert flower. She hadn't really told anyone how it all happened, not in great detail. She relived it in her nightmares sometimes, but she hadn't explained everything that had happened. Eventually, she takes a deep breath and pressed her forehead to Jasmine's, taking deep breaths.]

For me, my mind was filled with the forests from home. My mind went to where I feel most at home and then it just... went blank.

So... perhaps that is what connects us, our minds went home. We would have to ask others to see what they thought of when they succumbed.

cw: Mention of past death

[callmeaprincess]

[She half-smiles at the suggestion, pulling out her handkerchief to pat at some of Aurora's tears before her mouth settles into a small frown.] Not just any part of home. Things I haven't thought about since...

One was a sorcerer I met, who kept a garden of flowers. He thought humans didn't care about nature, and I tried to prove him wrong.

[That's not the full story of Arbutus... but explaining the rest just reminds her of... well. She swallows before continuing.]

The other... was when I died.

[beautyrest]

[Aurora paused and then rested a hand atop Jasmine's, pulling Jasmine's hand towards her, her brows knitting together.]

What... what do you mean when you died, darling? [She reached out and held Jasmine's cheek.] Did this happen here or back in Agrabah?

[callmeaprincess]

[She turns her hand to entwine her fingers in Aurora's.]

Not long before I arrived here, I dreamed that a figure called the Ethereal would come to Agrabah. She brings judgment to thriving cities. The last ones she'd visited were Atlantis and Pompeii.

[She doesn't know if Aurora has heard of those two cities, but the hesitation in her voice probably says enough.]

When she came, she asked us to show her what makes Agrabah great. We showed the library, our trades, the arts, but it wasn't what she wanted. She started destroying the buildings, and a... a boy fell right under a topping tower, so I... pushed him out of the way, and...

[She shakes in Aurora's hold and squeezes her hand much tighter than she realises.]

...The next thing I remember is waking up in Aladdin's arms. S... sacrificing myself, for the people... was what she was looking for, so she... brought me back.

[beautyrest]

Jasmine... [She holds Jasmine tighter to her body and strokes her back, inhaling sharply. Her poor desert flower.]

Such a test... it is a spurious test, demanding the death of a leader to dictate the life of a city. I know you would sacrifice yourself again and again for your people, you should not have been tasked with proving it.

[She moved to hold Jasmine's cheeks.] She is not some stalwart arbiter of a person's character simply because she is able to end the lives of thousands. If she were, she would not have needed your life to end simply to pass her test.

You did not deserve that, Jasmine, even if you were revived from it.