Snippet #1941373

Narek half listened-half watch Alara. Such an interesting human, every other one he'd met seemed like complete idiots. Of course knowledge was not appealing to him. He wanted submission, obedience, and silence. This girl had none of those.

"I attacked that man because he had the idea that he could be my ally. He reeked of beer and I had to beat some sense into him. Such insolent beings have no place near me, of course during the beating I may have destr- damaged some meager thing." He of course had no idea how big of a mess he caused, almost all of the tables and chairs were shattered and broken. This was nothing in comparison to the weekly cleanups he has.

"And I call myself King because I am the rightful heir. If I should be punished for such a privilege then I will hand over my power for someone else to take the blame. There is always a way around such systems, my lady. You would not be here if you could not help me would you? You scratch my back I scratch yours, then we will be 'friends'."