[That's not the easiest question to answer, even after years living in Hadriel. Henry's brows draw in and he touches his plated knuckles to his mouth. It takes him a moment to find his words.]
...Certainly there is no power in your name nor title. You bear no responsibility aside from that which you choose to take upon yourself. You deeds will have no consequences for your subjects — only for yourself. None, save a rare few, shall expect of you a king's dignity and character, and few care for honour or righteousness in this place. What was impossible whence we came is not always thus here. Do not expect to remain the same man.
[Conviction rings clear in his expression and voice.]
Yet I maintain that we must be steadfast in our principles. When I swore my oath of knighthood afore God and my king, I meant every word. A mere change in circumstances alters that not. So tell me, Your Majesty, the vows you made at your coronation... what mean they to you?
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...Certainly there is no power in your name nor title. You bear no responsibility aside from that which you choose to take upon yourself. You deeds will have no consequences for your subjects — only for yourself. None, save a rare few, shall expect of you a king's dignity and character, and few care for honour or righteousness in this place. What was impossible whence we came is not always thus here. Do not expect to remain the same man.
[Conviction rings clear in his expression and voice.]
Yet I maintain that we must be steadfast in our principles. When I swore my oath of knighthood afore God and my king, I meant every word. A mere change in circumstances alters that not. So tell me, Your Majesty, the vows you made at your coronation... what mean they to you?