suitedreams: Rupert

[battling]

don't run me over (with a horse)

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[battling]

You don't got these kinda things where you're from? People're always tryin' to trade their stuff for money.

[agleam]

[he shrugs.]

I mean, we definitely do, but I wasn't really allowed to leave the castle much when I was growing up. And since then, I've had responsibilities that kept me pretty busy.

[battling]

Go break some rules. 's good for ya.

[agleam]

I'm suddenly very curious about your rationale for that.

[battling]

You're what, not even in your twenties? When you're younger people are more forgivin'.

Especially as royalty, you ain't gonna have much time to cut loose. Central prince is beholden to so many rules already and he's still just 17.

[agleam]

[a small laugh.]

It was really strict when I was growing up, yeah, but... Believe it or not, a lot have things have changed over the last few months that mean I can more or less do what I want to do, as long as I'm not being wildly irresponsible.

[...]

Also, I should probably clarify that back when they were stricter I tried to run away constantly, so I think I've got the rule breaking thing out of my system by now.

[battling]

[A much louder laugh]

Kids run away a lot, huh? Least you got some rule breakin' in.

[agleam]

I climbed out the window so much my mom had to have a moat dug outside the tower my bedroom was in.

[battling]

Did ya get good at swimmin'?

[agleam]

Until she put the crocodiles in...

[battling]

[blankly stares at him.

what is a crocodile]

The what?

[agleam]

...Like alligators but slightly different?

[battling]

I dunno those either.

[agleam]

Uh, they're like...

[he draws a picture in the dirt with his shoe. except he is not an artist at all, so this probably does not remotely help.]

[battling]

... Leviathan?

[agleam]

No, way smaller. It's like, uh... A pretty big lizard with a really big mouth and lots of sharp teeth that swims around.

[battling]

A real small Leviathan.

[ He gets it! Probably. ]

[agleam]

...Sure, yeah, that analogy works well enough.

[battling]

Can ya eat 'em?

[agleam]

Uhhh, if you get too close it's way more likely to be the other way around.

[battling]

Ya can't shoot them?

[agleam]

We don't have guns where I'm from.

[battling]

Arrows?

[agleam]

I guess, but... We could also just leave them alone.

[battling]

But they wanna eat you? Might as well eat 'em.