AUDIENCE: SOO-WON

[retellers]

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I wouldn't care.

[recrowns]

Hesitate at least a little!

[no]

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Thought you liked my honesty?

[ smirk ]

[recrowns]

Oh, I see you're teasing me....

Then I suppose if that means we're getting closer...

[does it]

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Is that what it is?

[ does it. ]

[recrowns]

Maybe I'll hold enough optimism for the both of us....

Are you allowed to just get up and walk away if you get bored of our conversation?

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You're not on my team, so probably.

[recrowns]

So you like talking to me too!

[please don't invite wolf to just get up and go now]

[retellers]

[ unfortunately, he has, so wolf starts to get up and go ]

[recrowns]

[SLKDJFLKSDJF]

Wait, wait—

[HE'S LAUGHING weakly and trying to also get up even though wolf's the one who made him sit down bc he was pale]

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[ wolf does stop so that. soo-won doesn't injure himself more, god. ]

You should be resting anyway, if you want to heal any time soon.

[recrowns]

I am resting.

[and he will sit if wolf sits back down!!]

Even if it's about nothing in particular, I like talking to you. [and people in general but]

It's more interesting than laying in a bed and waiting for sleep to come.

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[ wolf comes back with a sigh ]

After everything that's happened, I'm surprised you're not more exhausted.

[recrowns]

Hmm....

I've been in more stressful situations than this?

[he seems like he's weighing how much he wants to say]

You said that you don't particularly partake in gossip, right?

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I don't care for gossip, no.

[ who would they tell. ]

[recrowns]

[soo-won's a cagey bitch even if he doesn't look it, who knows]

... well, I think that even after everything that happened, it's nothing that surprises me greatly. It's a bit saddening and worrying, of course. I'm not a fan of relentless bloodshed.

But I think.... that as a king, it's my responsibility to take matters like this into account.

And as long as I'm alive, I ought to do what I can to provide more reassurance than worry.

[retellers]

I guess. Can't say I'm all that familiar with kings. [ even beyond their usual amnesia, apparently? ] I meant less the bloodshed and more the multiple attacks on your person.

[recrowns]

Oh yes, I'm used to both.

[terrible]

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Not a very popular king?

[recrowns]

I consider it less a matter of popularity and more the fact that it's expected that some may desire the throne for themselves.

I've only been a king for a year... but I suppose given my age, people might think it easy to take advantage of me.

[which is

always incredibly funny and never works out]

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[ ... i'm not going to lie they pull up the phs to check soo-won's age ]

I guess you are young for a king?

[ in a tone that says they really do not know shit fuck about royalty ]

[recrowns]

How old did you think I was?

[make it into a GAME]

How old are you? And are you human?

[retellers]

I'm not great at age guessing.

[ it comes out a little defensive. but they ... answer the rest easily? ]

21. And yeah.

[recrowns]

21 and you're the third oldest? Huh...

[but he looks like his curiosity is satisfied - ]

Ah, the other royalty in the surrounding kingdoms are a bit older than me, mostly. Even Princess Tao in the country of Xing is 19, but other rulers are typically somewhere in their 30s or so.

Most of my generals are a few decades my senior.

[it's part of why he can talk to just about anyone so easily - he's not used to paying attention to age except for when he's being underestimated]

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[ wolf shrugs because sometimes you are considered old at 21. it's called most fiction. ]

Then yeah, you are young. Makes sense. Most people like it better when the person who's leading them has some life experience.