“ the princess only wanted company in the gardens. . . ” keeps composure relatively easily by now — easy to keep emotion and inflection away when you feel nothing at all, when aggression and pain and punishment are all you expect anymore. the little princess — his daughter, though no one but himself and the queen can ever know that truth; that has always been clear to the huntsman — is all the company he has in the castle, all the company he prefers and enjoys left in his world. “ she is just a kind little girl. nothing else lies behind this. ” // @shotsqueen .

















