“Haha! I know you must be so surprised”. She burst out laughing, shocking me even more.

I began to wonder if she had lost it, and if she was insane.

‘What is going on, Lara’. I asked her, hoping that, maybe, she might know something, even though my question sounded ridiculous.

‘How am I supposed to know? I ought to be the one asking you’. She replied to me.

Since she was not helpful to me, I raised an eyebrow and asked the maidservant, “Who are you?”.

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