[ There's a pang in her heart. In London, she could have easily identified her source of pride; she was proud to take care of her mentor, to protect him and help him go wherever danger-frought place he needed to go. It's here that she's struggled, unable to find that same inspiration within herself.
[ That's why so many followed her in the first place. Even under a mask of steel, she was so clearly (falsely) human compared to the infallible king. So emotional. Angry, but that too was seen as a positive, when nobody else would dare express their disdain so openly. A master of riling others up, getting their blood boiling, where the king had endeavored to spread peace and calm to all.
But that was as a usurper. When it comes to surpassing her father... ]
But a king can't laugh, or cry, or get angry. That makes him too human. Too attainable and flawed. A perfect king has to be someone that stands alone, in a place nobody else can reach. That's the only way he can save his people without succumbing to his own weaknesses.
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Nevertheless, ]
That's actually good advice.
[ Now Gray's the one taken off guard... ]
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Why are you so surprised?
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You aren't usually so calm and serious.
[ Instead, pissed off and cooking up violence. See: ten minutes ago. ]
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That's 'cause once I'm king, I'll have to be calm and serious all the time. Right now, I can still be "Mordred".
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[ Is that even Mordred anymore though?? Gray's head tips slightly. ]
Your liveliness is one of your good points, though. Maybe your subjects would prefer it?
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[ That's why so many followed her in the first place. Even under a mask of steel, she was so clearly (falsely) human compared to the infallible king. So emotional. Angry, but that too was seen as a positive, when nobody else would dare express their disdain so openly. A master of riling others up, getting their blood boiling, where the king had endeavored to spread peace and calm to all.
But that was as a usurper. When it comes to surpassing her father... ]
But a king can't laugh, or cry, or get angry. That makes him too human. Too attainable and flawed. A perfect king has to be someone that stands alone, in a place nobody else can reach. That's the only way he can save his people without succumbing to his own weaknesses.