Cornelia calls upon her knight to rescue her from a boring suitor. (First half is humor, second half is filth.)

"I want to die," his body says. Above him, Hojo's mouth turns up at the corners, just slightly. One of his clean, gloved hands caresses the back of Vincent's head, stroking his hair, like a lover, or a mother. "I know."

The world was not just. As it turned out, Euphemia never had to leave the palace walls to learn of suffering, and sacred figs did not grow in Pendragon.

In the wake of her sister's death, Cornelia considers how she is to proceed and why she must. (Canon. Character study wrapped in a short story. Set between seasons.)