[Mini Event] When your heart has expired

lily from what i’ve tasted of desire i hold with those who favor fire A small part of her heart breaks when she sees Bastien fall apart at the pulpit, recognizing it as a grief beyond this world. As much as she wants to comfort him, she knows there are others who are better suited to it, who are closer and share more than the two of them. Lily’s hands wring in her lap, unsure if she should speak up when Deimos asks for stories - and luckily, she is spared because a man with amazing hair stands up, followed by Kiada. She’d known a little about Rex’s past - that she came from the same world Deimos did, and that they were different there, but never knew the extent. What Kiada says rings true with the singer and brings a particularly dear memory to mind, so the redhead stands and engages the small group with a smile. “Rex and I met at a Masquerade party that turned into an orgy. Which… I’m sure surprises no one.” She chuckles a little, shrugging. They were in the Artist’s Sanctuary, after all. Hopefully they all knew what happened within these walls. And then there was her own house, which had hosted their own parties. “She was always… very well dressed. Beautiful. I marveled at her clothes. But she was also kind, like everyone else said. Wonderfully so. I remember that your wedding -” she looks to Bastien with another smile, “ - was while we were Blighted and she invited me to help her make preparations. It would have been easy to leave me out, but even when I got angry and pitched a fit, she soothed me, made it alright. Directed me towards something easier. There was so much going on and it was supposed to be a happy night - about her - and she still took care of me. Didn’t judge. Multiple times.” Truth was that she’d seen a lot less of her friend when she became Queen, and that will probably always weight heavy on the entertainer’s heart. But there were many bright, smiling and shining moments with Rexanna, and she’d cling to those instead. “I didn’t know her as well as most of you,” Lily concludes, as her head begins to fall to her chest. “But I’ll miss her all the same.”