Aha! [She snaps her fingers, as though she has had a breakthrough!] That hurt? Then this might not be a dream after all.

[This does not feel at all like being in the dream prison her mother put her in. Sure, last she knew, Mother was imprisoned a mile underneath Castle Illyria and under such high security not even she could escape, but that is just the sort of thing her mother would use to convince her that this isn't a dream.

This being reality produces far many more questions than answers, though.]

If this is all real and you're positive this isn't the result of a shotgun wedding, then where does that leave us?