Nitpicking

“Is something wrong, my dear?” Nanna asked. I squeezed the letter in my hands.

"He traveled." I felt Nanna's hand on my shoulder as soon as I spoke. She gave me a light squeeze.

"Problems?"

“He just said there was an emergency and he needed to travel with some Rangers.” I sighed. Johannes and I didn't speak to each other after… After. And I felt very insecure. He must not have liked it. He left me alone, left upset and never came back to look for me. Not even our dinner, which was already part of my routine. Something I looked forward to every day.

“Don't be like that, my dear.” She said and stroked my hair like she always did when I was little. "He will come back."

“What if he doesn't want to talk to me anymore? I mean… We did that and he left unhappy.”

“Honey, don't be like that. He wouldn't have been so patient and friendly if he didn't like you at all. As the King and your owner, he could have forced you, which he didn't.”

That was both true and totally confusing.

"I don't unders