I can see it. [humming, the desire to continue to tease him weighing against what she actually thinks of him.] I've never met kings before - the best I can do is a duke's son. But I do think you must be significantly more normal than most?
[ He doesn't seem particularly offended, in any case. ]
I do often get told off by the other lords for not acting like a proper noble. I wasn't exactly raised like a regular Fódlan noble, so it's not too surprising that I turned out a little different.
[ He wasn't like Dimitri who was abandoned in the woods. ]
But say if someone tried to kill me... That was on me to figure out. As far as my parents were concerned, strength was the only characteristic you needed. So no time for figuring out which fork to use with fish, and which to use with rice.
It's alright. I do think it prepared me for the trials I faced later on in life. [ can you even be a protagonist without trauma? ] ... In any case, I do hope you're parents didn't actually leave you in the woods.
[ wait, is it better to hope they died or something instead? ]
I wouldn't even want to be a king. I certainly never spent any time wishing that was my lot in life. [which is more than can be said for having a family.]
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No, of course not.
... I thought maybe I could understand a little though, what it's like to be one.
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I wouldn't have guessed if you hadn't said.
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I do often get told off by the other lords for not acting like a proper noble. I wasn't exactly raised like a regular Fódlan noble, so it's not too surprising that I turned out a little different.
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I lived with my parents until I was 17 and taken in by the Riegan noble house, and my parents had a pretty hands off approach to child rearing.
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[isn't hands off child rearing kind of the cliche...]
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My father was the sort who thought his children should make their own way through the world.
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[ He wasn't like Dimitri who was abandoned in the woods. ]
But say if someone tried to kill me... That was on me to figure out. As far as my parents were concerned, strength was the only characteristic you needed. So no time for figuring out which fork to use with fish, and which to use with rice.
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It's alright. I do think it prepared me for the trials I faced later on in life. [ can you even be a protagonist without trauma? ] ... In any case, I do hope you're parents didn't actually leave you in the woods.
[ wait, is it better to hope they died or something instead? ]
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[but it's a relatable worry - is it better to have been lost from someone who didn't look for you, or to have been orphaned?]
I think a lot of things prepared me for trials later in life, but I still wish they hadn't happened?
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Yeah, me too. [ ... ] Is it privileged to say I'd take having had a happy family over kingship?
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[sincere.]
I wouldn't even want to be a king. I certainly never spent any time wishing that was my lot in life. [which is more than can be said for having a family.]