"...Oh."
Empress was about to stand up from her seat and rush towards the room where Riley was resting, but then realized that she was probably out of her boundaries… and it would probably be wrong for her to try and separate the two.
Alice is Riley's mother, and this was the first time in almost a year that Alice was approaching Riley on her own– No, this was the first time that she was approaching him at all. And so, Empress's butt once again met the with the chair; her eyes, not leaving the screen that was attached to the wall.
Her butt, however, suddenly left the chair again as she suddenly remembered Tempo's words. Alice was about to hurt Riley a year ago; and who knows what could have happened if Tempo didn't pull Riley away.
"...Can't be," Empress squinted her eyes, "She wouldn't really hurt Riley, right? What kind of mother would–"