"Aye so I discerned from what I've been told, and from the bills I've seen posted about," he said, though oddly he didn't sound especially enthusiastic about it. "Tis quite the task you've set for yourselves, and I wonder if you quite understand the enormity of it, and how difficult it is like to truly be."
"Do not mistake me; I doubt not your intentions, nor do I disagree with what you propose. Quite the opposite in fact. But though you are King and Queen, you are both young, and largely untested. You've set yourselves to a trial by fire and I question whether your resolve is sufficient to stay the course to the end."
"But as you've been kind enough to offer me a warning of who to be cautions of, I shall respond in kind. Should anyone arrive here from a nation called Ishgard, you must say nothing to them of the fact that Queen Mal carries dragon blood in her veins, nor should you allow anyone else to speak of it. Ishgard has been fighting the Dragonsong War for nigh on a thousand years; in their eyes it is a holy war, and even were it not, it is fueled by centuries of fire an blood. Like as not, they would see it as their duty to kill you where you stand. Both of you." He turned his gaze to Mal. "You, for carrying the blood of their ancient enemy-", and then to Ben, "-and you, for lying down with a dragon, the gravest and most deadly of sins in their eyes."
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Date: 2024-02-09 06:25 am (UTC)From:"Do not mistake me; I doubt not your intentions, nor do I disagree with what you propose. Quite the opposite in fact. But though you are King and Queen, you are both young, and largely untested. You've set yourselves to a trial by fire and I question whether your resolve is sufficient to stay the course to the end."
"But as you've been kind enough to offer me a warning of who to be cautions of, I shall respond in kind. Should anyone arrive here from a nation called Ishgard, you must say nothing to them of the fact that Queen Mal carries dragon blood in her veins, nor should you allow anyone else to speak of it. Ishgard has been fighting the Dragonsong War for nigh on a thousand years; in their eyes it is a holy war, and even were it not, it is fueled by centuries of fire an blood. Like as not, they would see it as their duty to kill you where you stand. Both of you." He turned his gaze to Mal. "You, for carrying the blood of their ancient enemy-", and then to Ben, "-and you, for lying down with a dragon, the gravest and most deadly of sins in their eyes."