The Fire Swamp

Buttercup and I had some wonderful bonding time after rolling down that hill in the Fire Swamp. After I pulled us out of quicksand and slayed a rodent of unusual size, I'd say today was a pretty successful day (minus the chunk it bit out of my shoulder). Buttercup surprised me when she poked at the rat with a stick. Yet, I'm glad that she majorly stuck to her boundaries and let me be the hero. But she truly stepped up when we were both captured by Humperdinck's men.

In all seriousness, she saved my life as well. I was ready to let us die before being captured alive. But Buttercup stood forward, pleading Humperdinck to let me live if she went with him. She disclosed to me that she was almost destroyed by believing that I was once dead, and could not do it again. She must have gone through quite the cycle of grief after hearing such news - I do not blame her. But she could not see through the Prince's lies.

Buttercup should never have trusted this Prince. His six-fingered henchman knocked me upside the head after I called out his lies about returning me to my ship. I have just awoken in what I believe to be a torture room. There is a big machine here that I can't help but think is intended for me. Whatever happens to me, I can only hope that I still have the life left in me afterwards to rescue my true love.

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