Crystal's smile fell as he spoke, her accomplishment forgotten. "But I... I thought that if I could walk..." She fell silent and slowly made her way back to the bed, ignoring the pain in her feet.<br/><br/>The princess had hoped that he would be happy that she could walk. She lay down on the bed and turned toward the wall, tears falling down her cheeks. She closed her eyes and sniffled.<br/><br/>She had expected him to be pleased with her for not giving up, for working hard. But he had only put her down. Why? It was all that he had done since saving her from the dungeon. He put her down as though she were nothing important. She had tried to please him, had tried to not give up. But now, with that final stab in the back, she gave up.<br/><br/>Crystal gave up trying and pulled up the barriers that she had built when she had been captured. She closed herself off to everything, her heart growing cold.