[That's at least more like the Cassandra he knows.]

Far away...

[That's...weird. He knows Rapunzel left Corona briefly to come see him, but would the King and Queen really allow something like that, especially for an extended period of time?]

Yeah, that's...not at all what I remember last. I mean, other than the expo I've been studying the black rocks on my own back in Old Corona. I guess maybe you guys could have left while I was doing that, but not overnight.