I'm still just a knight. I've no wish to take over as Margrave anytime soon, thanks. [ He gives an exaggerated shudder at the very idea.
And the reality they'd joked about in their youth? Still feels like such a long way away, even now. Maybe entirely out of reach at this point, but he has to keep hoping for it all the same.
Which is why he sighs heavily, both at Dimitri's talk of duty and his questions about the span of time now stretching between them. ]
If I'm going to be generous, Your Highness, it would be to tell you nothing and have you spend your time here much happier for it. [ There's a note of tired dismay in his voice as he stares not at his prince but at the tabletop instead. ] Things... things have not turned out at all in the way we hoped or planned. It might be better to leave that in the distance at the moment and focus on our present problems here instead.
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And the reality they'd joked about in their youth? Still feels like such a long way away, even now. Maybe entirely out of reach at this point, but he has to keep hoping for it all the same.
Which is why he sighs heavily, both at Dimitri's talk of duty and his questions about the span of time now stretching between them. ]
If I'm going to be generous, Your Highness, it would be to tell you nothing and have you spend your time here much happier for it. [ There's a note of tired dismay in his voice as he stares not at his prince but at the tabletop instead. ] Things... things have not turned out at all in the way we hoped or planned. It might be better to leave that in the distance at the moment and focus on our present problems here instead.
[ Is he stalling? Absolutely. ]