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Erichthonios ([personal profile] beshackled) wrote in [community profile] songerein 2023-03-13 12:52 am (UTC)

A ruler...

[His mind turns, grasping and sifting over the new information, seeking to understand it.]

If, by ruler, you mean one who makes rules... then this monarchy is... a system of governance? One in which the parent eventually steps down from their work and entrusts it to... their child?

[He cannot understand the why of it. What if the child has other interests? Other talents? What of others that may be suitable for taking up the duties required for the role?]

'Tis... different from the system of governance with which I am familiar.

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