Today I laughed out loud in the antechamber. The silence of a brush stopping on the other side of the lattice startled me more than my own laugh did.

• MirjanThe guard captain came all the way to the door when he heard that.
  NurhanSo I laughed once more.
• Queen Dowager AdibaA voice is a face too.
  NurhanThat line isn't in the original text, Grandmother.