Valencia did not hear the news from any one person, only whispers in the streets of the beautiful city Ipanema, after conferring with another local only then did she hear the news properly. They didn't know much, just that Antônio was in fact deceased. The Princess felt like the wind was knocked out of her- another Hyspian flame she watched grow so bright, being snuffed out far too soon for her liking. She thanked the person and went back towards her shop and house. In her deteriorating mind, he was no older than his mid-20s. He couldn't have been any older, could he? Her living doll, Princess Tusk, walked alongside her on the shore near her home as she lamented to the little plush elephant while she waited for her Nakai to come home.
"There is no way he is among those gone to this world. I mean, truly? He had so much fight within him. This has to be a mistake; we'll see him in the morning doing his daily check-in. You'll see Princessa Tusk, you'll see." Deep down in her heart, however, she knew that he was among the skies; she just wasn't ready to accept such a fact yet