reigne[The first sound is the journal being gripped so tightly, that the soft leather and paper are bending, crinkling in his white knuckled grip. He's been here all of several hours and he already hates this, already believes he's delusional.
He can barely stand to touch the damn thing, much less actually use it. Even before she'd told him, he'd known it was magic, because if he wasn't crazy, the way it recorded in a variety of handwriting, invisible and within seconds? Dead give away. But it wasn't important. Not really]
My...Sister, [And his tone turns sour briefly at the word. Forces himself to go back to smooth, arrogant and unruffled] has had the undoubted pleasure of enlightening me to the fact that I've been kidnapped. By a sentient castle, no less. It has stolen from me, and I can't leave on my own terms.
Pain certainly hasn't woken me, so I am at least not dreaming. [Though this whole thing is more like a nightmare] If I am missing any other information, I'd appreciate being told it now. As well, you might tell me [read: on a scale of 1 to 10 how psycho is she?] if she being honest with me.