All the queens put on their pretty armor and they found a nice tree and they sat. They didn't discuss and they didn't express, they didn't feel they just sat. They let the salt roll down their cheeks but didn't know why and didn't care. It wasn't a matter of why or what because they had been asked not to feel and they obeyed. Except for the princess, still young enough too taste the salt she asked why in her head and she knew she wasnt allowed an answer or even the question herself but she didn't stop. She was crying because she wanted answers. The queens weren't even crying, they were just opening up and letting the salt fall out because they were told to and they couldnt do anything unless they were told to. They never questioned doing things they were not told to do because they only knew how to do things if the command had been issued. And it had. The princess understood, and she wasn't sad.