Northstar Vale Your art was the prettiest art of all the art.

Her question and suspicious look was met with another indignant huff, but Haruki then drew himself up proudly. Unlike Lilitu, he had listened when mother taught he and his sisters about the Kingdom's hierarchy, mostly because she told them they were at the top of it. They were the Most Important.

"It means I'm at the TOP," he said, with emphasis. "I'm the boss of you guys." Okay, that wasn't exactly how Reiko had described it, but Haruki was beginning to develop a knack for only picking up on the things he wanted to hear. Being slightly taller, the boy was able to look down on the younger girl, his lips curving into a self-assured smile. "Royalty."