[Miranda_]

"I spied around a bit, and of course, I got to know one of the palace guards," Ari said.

"Not anything bad, but he was always hoping, so he let me into a lot of the secrets. I went along with it cuz I wanted to find out some things. Of course, I knew full well that the moment he realised that I had no intention of sleeping with him, he'd turn on me, so I took the opportunity of cutting my hair short, disguising myself as a boy and joining the army."