[Altria has always had innate, built-in defenses against things like this. Back home, being a Faerie of Paradise meant that she wasn't impacted by things like being compelled or having her mind meddled with.
... That means that now, she doesn't really have much in the way of defenses against it, having very rarely had to deal with it at all back home.
It doesn't help, too, that even though she'd think she's much too embarrassed to go for something like a--a kiss on any normal day, this isn't a normal day, and he isn't a normal person. He helped her get here in every sense of the word. He helped her find a dress and jewelry, he encouraged her to show up at all, and he took her out there to dance. Without him, she wouldn't be nearly this giddy and happy, would she?
Without him...
...]
N-nothing! Nothing's... wrong. [... Is it? It feels a little... wrong. Not that she likes him to this extent--she's aware of that already. But... she's the Child of Prophecy. She's a Faerie of Paradise. Her fate isn't to enjoy something like this. And--she doesn't want him to suffer any more betrayals, not ever again.
... But--]
I just... um. Can you... stay still for a moment? --And close your eyes!
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... That means that now, she doesn't really have much in the way of defenses against it, having very rarely had to deal with it at all back home.
It doesn't help, too, that even though she'd think she's much too embarrassed to go for something like a--a kiss on any normal day, this isn't a normal day, and he isn't a normal person. He helped her get here in every sense of the word. He helped her find a dress and jewelry, he encouraged her to show up at all, and he took her out there to dance. Without him, she wouldn't be nearly this giddy and happy, would she?
Without him...
...]
N-nothing! Nothing's... wrong. [... Is it? It feels a little... wrong. Not that she likes him to this extent--she's aware of that already. But... she's the Child of Prophecy. She's a Faerie of Paradise. Her fate isn't to enjoy something like this. And--she doesn't want him to suffer any more betrayals, not ever again.
... But--]
I just... um. Can you... stay still for a moment? --And close your eyes!