After he said what he had wanted to say to me, Carl stood up from the couch and left the living room. I remained staring blankly into nothingness, I did not know what to do or how to feel. It was like my mind was trying to shield me from the words he had said so much that I shut down. Suddenly, I felt like the room was getting stuffier, and I couldn't breathe. The walls seemed to be spinning, and yet my body didn't want to obey any command to the room. " Princess! Are you alright?" Huh? was someone saying something? I thought no one was here except Carl and I, of course. Who was talking to me? " Princess Aria?" The voice came again, I was fully conscious, but my hearing was distorted like my focus was not on the sound. In fact, the person talking was disturbing my internal strife of