[Beauty was smiling at first, but then she goes momentarily quiet, tense, at the mention of princes. She can feel the urge to lash out, familiar thorns itching to twist forth, but she forces herself to try to remain calm instead of giving in to the urge. Try to respond as if she was talking to Lammy instead about the subject perhaps, since Mei seems to be young like Lammy too.]

You... don't always have to have a prince just to get a happily ever after. You can still get one, and all those other things, without depending on someone else like that... or at least, that's how I think it should be.