1)
“HALT! Who goes there?”
“We do!”
“And who is ‘we’? I distinctly heard someone being addressed as ‘Sire.’”
“That would be me.”
“Oh? Come out where I can get a good sho—LOOK at you.”
“No. You come to me.”
“I’ll give the orders here.”#epic 2)
“The King of Neverune takes no orders! He gives them. As royal commands or decrees. Of which the latest is: you come to me. And leave your weapons behind.”
“Pffft! What d’you take me for, an idiot?”
“We’ve just been having a…#epicfantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 19, 2019
4)
… For a King, you’re a master of diplomacy.”
“Er, you think so?”
“Certainly. No mispronunciations, hesitations, or bewildering choices of phrase. No shrieking tantrums or sobbing flights of insanity. Complete sentences, even. …#epicfantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 19, 2019
5)
… Masterful. For a King.”
“Ah. Meaning I should leave parleys to those professional honeytongues, my courtiers.”
“Well, there ARE occasions when provoking a foe into precipitous attack is NOT the goal. Rare, I’ll admit, but…”#epicfantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) October 19, 2019
