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“Gods, but I was hungry! Give Us another bowl!”
“The King hath spoken! Re-provision the King!”
“Have you found the jakes, yet? If he has much more of that…”
“This crude and churlish talk offends my ears! 2)
“He’s rallying to his true royal self, to be sure!”
“Do you MOCK me? All of you? I am most seriously displeased.”
“Well, THAT’S good to know. ’Twould be a pity to go to all this trouble of mocking you and have you not notice. …#epicfantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 5, 2019
3)
… No one wants to be ruled by an OBLIVIOUS king.”
“I disagree. Courtiers can run a realm smoothly and capably and for the greatest benefits for all under the nose of an oblivious king.”
“CAN, but do they?”4)
“Aye, aren’t they usually so busy stuffing their purses and mouths and turning themselves into petty tyrants to pursue the greatest benefits for all?”
“No. I can speak from experience.”#epicfantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 5, 2019
5)
“Are you actually going to try to deny you’ve done any of those things, Wolf?”
“No. I’m going to deny that stuffing my purse and mouth and being a petty tyrant kept me busy. For a CAPABLE tyrant, that’s part time work at best.”#epicfantasy— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 5, 2019