[ it seems one never does quite forget how to hold court. whether it's in the way of the fell god of a nation in millennia past; or the way of the mysterious plegian tactician wandering ylisse's halls, regarded with both suspicion and awe both; or the way of a distant hierophant, guiding enemy pieces and grimleal alike to where they need to fall...
robin slips into the role he has to play like it's as simple as donning another cloak. it isn't much hardship or effort to do so but for the disdain it invokes in him at the whole affair. trade one position of reverence and mixed fear and awe for another. regardless of the world, people are the same everywhere.
still, mildly and not meant to carry, as long as there's no villagers in immediate earshot: ]
Not acting as they expect causes more problems than it's worth when one wears the colors we do. They're aware of who among us might be standing in for their wayward wizards, I imagine.
[ some of them, anyway. see: the poor delegate he terrified at the ball by telling him to carry himself with some self-respect. ]
Though perhaps you might have a bit more liberty in that regard.
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robin slips into the role he has to play like it's as simple as donning another cloak. it isn't much hardship or effort to do so but for the disdain it invokes in him at the whole affair. trade one position of reverence and mixed fear and awe for another. regardless of the world, people are the same everywhere.
still, mildly and not meant to carry, as long as there's no villagers in immediate earshot: ]
Not acting as they expect causes more problems than it's worth when one wears the colors we do. They're aware of who among us might be standing in for their wayward wizards, I imagine.
[ some of them, anyway. see: the poor delegate he terrified at the ball by telling him to carry himself with some self-respect. ]
Though perhaps you might have a bit more liberty in that regard.