[[ the short version is that all testimonies we have of jeanne meeting The Dauphin just say she went up to him and laid the illustrious line on him. but LEGEND and FICTION and WORD OF MOUTH exaggerated this until now in nearly every fictional depiction of joan of arc, charles tests her by swapping clothes with one of his courtiers and putting the other guy on the throne in his place. then he hides among his court. despite having never seen him she recognizes him immediately anyway, goes right up to him and ignores the dude on the throne, and this is further Proof of her miraculousness.
that almost certainly didn't happen (hell the illustrious line might not have either, or it might have been staged) but the long and short of it is that joan of arc now, in popular consciousness, possesses the freaky power of Recognize Prince On Sight. so here we be. ]]
You could be no other. For while you called yourself unremarkable, you shine with a quiet and gentle light.
[ Which given her smile is a compliment. She gestures to the package: please do open it. ]
OKAY SO
that almost certainly didn't happen (hell the illustrious line might not have either, or it might have been staged) but the long and short of it is that joan of arc now, in popular consciousness, possesses the freaky power of Recognize Prince On Sight. so here we be. ]]
You could be no other. For while you called yourself unremarkable, you shine with a quiet and gentle light.
[ Which given her smile is a compliment. She gestures to the package: please do open it. ]