[But by the fact that he's the one who brought it up, she's willing to launch right into her story.]
I had only just become a soldier--green as could be, and very young as well. I was stationed to guard the castle... likely because the continent was at peace, and there was honestly little chance of anything happening there. It was late at night, and I was jittery... it was my first proper assignment, and I remember wishing to do very well, and so... when I heard something, I immediately lifted my weapon and threatened the source.
... Of course, I had no idea that my emperor was prone to late, nightly walks to clear his head. That was the first time I'd met him, in fact, though I'd swore my allegiance to his cause long before. But he simply laughed, and waved off the fact that I had nearly speared the man I had sworn to defend, and even praised me for my diligence.
[The remembrance gets a fond smile out of her, even as she shakes her head.]
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[But by the fact that he's the one who brought it up, she's willing to launch right into her story.]
I had only just become a soldier--green as could be, and very young as well. I was stationed to guard the castle... likely because the continent was at peace, and there was honestly little chance of anything happening there. It was late at night, and I was jittery... it was my first proper assignment, and I remember wishing to do very well, and so... when I heard something, I immediately lifted my weapon and threatened the source.
... Of course, I had no idea that my emperor was prone to late, nightly walks to clear his head. That was the first time I'd met him, in fact, though I'd swore my allegiance to his cause long before. But he simply laughed, and waved off the fact that I had nearly speared the man I had sworn to defend, and even praised me for my diligence.
[The remembrance gets a fond smile out of her, even as she shakes her head.]
A kinder man you truly never would meet.