[It was a dick move and it's only going to get dickier. Varian shakes his head.]
No...not then. The flower did nothing. It- it was just dead all the power was in Rapunzel. But I- I knew I'd burned that bridge. I knew I'd have to force her to come and help me. I drugged Ruddiger, and turned him into a...monster. Temporarily. To distract them all. While he was attacking the guards, I kidnapped the queen. I...I thought she'd come to save her mother. Do anything for her.
[There's so much guilt in his voice as he speaks- he hates himself for what he did and it's clear in his voice.]
She did. What was left of the guard were kept busy with these robots I'd built and already tested on them once...to- to make sure they'd struggle fighting them. Rapunzel and the king snuck in, but I was waiting for them. I- I used my amber near the queen, so it was growing by her. To force Rapunzel to help me.
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No...not then. The flower did nothing. It- it was just dead all the power was in Rapunzel. But I- I knew I'd burned that bridge. I knew I'd have to force her to come and help me. I drugged Ruddiger, and turned him into a...monster. Temporarily. To distract them all. While he was attacking the guards, I kidnapped the queen. I...I thought she'd come to save her mother. Do anything for her.
[There's so much guilt in his voice as he speaks- he hates himself for what he did and it's clear in his voice.]
She did. What was left of the guard were kept busy with these robots I'd built and already tested on them once...to- to make sure they'd struggle fighting them. Rapunzel and the king snuck in, but I was waiting for them. I- I used my amber near the queen, so it was growing by her. To force Rapunzel to help me.