Lion Head Mesa Acceptance

He was allowed in. The Prince smiled, perhaps a bit stiffly, but he entered the room all the same. The girl, Toula, immediately came towards him, all smiles and cute noises. He swallowed hard, feeling as if there was some great battle raging on within him. There was still a part of him that wanted nothing to do with them — Treva and her children. But he was trying to be better than that.

Siptah lowered himself to the floor, so he might be at Toula's eye level. Um... hello. I'm Prince Siptah, your half-brother, he wanted to say, but he could not. He looked up to Treva. How is... everything?