Quiet Contemplation

[robbedsanity]

[Text; Morning]
Prospero, allow me to ask you a question this fine morning:

...Do you believe you deserve the loyalty that others has sworn before you?

[Action;Afternoon]

[To some, you might find this guy just sitting around on the bench somewhere in the park, just chilling and taking an afternoon tea break.

...Also looking a bit gloomy. But in any case he's just taking a sip from the paper cup he is holding.]

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[trueempress]

Yes. If I were not to believe in it, I would be doing an insult to all those who have sworn their loyalty to me and believe me to be worthy.

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[ex_cashcow493]

Loyalty is earned.

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[yewbow]

[Loyalty, ye say? He have tons of serious case of it here.]

Yes.

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[croibhristeoir]

I don't know. I likely do not deserve it, but I can not dissuade others from choosing who they place their trust and loyalty in.

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[robbedsanity]

And yet easily broken.

[He never believed that he deserved it ever since he was found out by his own king]

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[ex_cashcow493]

Even the strongest of men can wander off the path. Those who return to it are worth their weight.

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[robbedsanity]

...I see.

[He always felt he never deserved all those stories told about him.

The only part he agreed on with all the legends about him would be the one that he betrayed his own king.]

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[robbedsanity]

...are you sure about that?

[He shouldn't be asking her this question, as he knows the answer to this, but still.

He had committed treason against his own kingdom. Why would she continue to accept him as her own knight?]

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[ex_cashcow493]

Have I ever lied to you, my knight?

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[trueempress]

What brings this up?

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[robbedsanity]

No.

[Of course she never had, for she was way too honest with everyone she ever meets.

It had always been like that.]

You shouldn't have forgiven me as easily as that.

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[robbedsanity]

It was just a random thought.

[He is being honest.

Really.]

Thank you for answering.

[Text]

[trueempress]

Of course. I have naught better to do.

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[robbedsanity]

And why do you think so?

[text]

[robbedsanity]

...it seems we have the same thought, then.

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[croibhristeoir]

What is it that makes you think you're unworthy of it, if I could ask?

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[ex_cashcow493]

Then do you ask a test to prove your worth to me once more, my knight?

[ Without skipping a beat: ]

For it tests my patience and my heart every time you go down this path of self-loathing. I give unto you my trust and you question it still. A lesser king would have your head for such.

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[yewbow]

Past experience taught me so.

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[theheirofbreath]

well.... yeah.
of course.
just like they deserve mine.
that's what friendship is, right?

[Derp, text.]

[uzuki]

I wonder that sometimes... But I hope so.

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[sandma]

That depends entirely on who is the one doing the swearing.

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[greyerrant]

I have no answer to that question. For I am the last loyal Luna Wolf. All others are dead.

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[letsplaylady]

[Alice is playing in that very park, with a ball she found. She loses the ball and it happens to roll over towards him. She approaches, but stops some ways away.]

...Hey, mister. Mind passing that back to Alice?

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[robbedsanity]

And that is what you should have done from the beginning.

[He's not going to take a no.]

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[robbedsanity]

Before I begin, are you familiar with King Arthur's lore?