[For good or for bad, there are times when Rapunzel just... would not listen to Cassandra. This is one of those times, because no matter how shaky the metaphorical ground they're standing on is right now, Rapunzel isn't going to just run away and let her once-friend deal with a bunch of creeps trying to attack her.]
Doesn't matter, I'm here now!
[She doesn't want to upset Cassandra even more, after what happened in the tunnels beneath Gothel's cottage. She doesn't want to further tear at the rip in their friendship when she'd been able to sew a few threads back in. A small voice at the back of her said that this might just make Cassandra hate her even more, like she might think Rapunzel thinks she can't take care of herself.
It's not that. It's really not. It's just -
She thinks of that brief moment of panic, when Varian had told her about different timelines, and how things with Cassandra and Zhan Tiri ended. She'd nearly shut down then, when she thought he meant that Cassandra had been killed. The thought of losing her friend plagued her nightmares so often these days, and seeing these things closing in on her...
She can't. Even if Cassandra doesn't want her to help, even if she's just going to be mad at her after, she can't do nothing. So even as the first zealot still struggles to get to their feet, Rapunzel lashes out again - this time she doesn't just grapple one of them back, but swings them to the side, smacking them hard against the nearest wall in an attempt to stun them.]
Come on! There's a big enough opening, we can just get out of here!
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Doesn't matter, I'm here now!
[She doesn't want to upset Cassandra even more, after what happened in the tunnels beneath Gothel's cottage. She doesn't want to further tear at the rip in their friendship when she'd been able to sew a few threads back in. A small voice at the back of her said that this might just make Cassandra hate her even more, like she might think Rapunzel thinks she can't take care of herself.
It's not that. It's really not. It's just -
She thinks of that brief moment of panic, when Varian had told her about different timelines, and how things with Cassandra and Zhan Tiri ended. She'd nearly shut down then, when she thought he meant that Cassandra had been killed. The thought of losing her friend plagued her nightmares so often these days, and seeing these things closing in on her...
She can't. Even if Cassandra doesn't want her to help, even if she's just going to be mad at her after, she can't do nothing. So even as the first zealot still struggles to get to their feet, Rapunzel lashes out again - this time she doesn't just grapple one of them back, but swings them to the side, smacking them hard against the nearest wall in an attempt to stun them.]
Come on! There's a big enough opening, we can just get out of here!