#(( dont worry about miranda's flight or fight reaction at the very idea of potentially being arranged to someone

[royalreef]

        “Yes, I do dearly love Damien and he has been my friend and companion of many years — but if I were arranged to him then I would all too gladly be the very one to push the sword up under his sternum and dismember him and place every piece that remained into vats of acid so that his body might never be found!

       I do not care how long I have intimately known someone, or what their relationship to myself is, I will NOT let myself be arranged! Not... Not this early, in the least of matters! I do NOT want to deal with that, just... not so soon! I am not ready, I do NOT want to do it, I could NOT do it at this time!!!

       Least of all with another royal! Even when I have considered using the weight of my own position to find someone suitable before Daddy finds someone else for me — it is a delicate process, you know! I would have to find someone who is acceptable to the throne, but would not drag myself under, and avoid the other unfortunate trappings of relationships with royals, and what of Hell, too? I would have to contend with his family and his kingdom and his people, and I would simply much rather avoid having to navigate such a thing! Even Daddy himself does not seem so eager to do so, what with all the discussed arrangements with those within my kingdom, but...

                    No, no!!!!! I simply will not do it! Not now! Not ever! I do not want to!”