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So. It seems I'm alive after all- which, I'm sure, is an unfortunate thing for most of you. Rest assured, you all have my sincerest apologies.

OOC: Yue, I'll still finish that RL, but Azula would get back on her feet pretty quickly. XD

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Really, this wouldn't be a problem if all of your worlds kept their citizens in line as well as we do.

My world's citizens haven't done anything wrong.

Are you the only one from your world here?

Besides, I can think of several things that you have done wrong.

No, I'm not. There are a few others, but to my knowledge none of them have committed crimes against people on the community.

What have I done wrong, Princess?

Then perhaps your world is better than most.

Borderline molestation, for one thing.

My world isn't all that great, but perhaps as I'm the worst in it, I have a bit of control about the depths to which we sink as a whole.

Oh please, borderline scarcely counts.

... Hm.

It does to me.

I didn't molest you, Princess.

And I think when you compare murder and 'borderline molestation' the latter scarcely matters in comparison. At least I haven't killed anyone or stolen anything, like so many here.

Well, not anyone on the community, anyway...

That's why I used the word "borderline".

Murder is more extreme, yes. I still found your actions reprehensible.

Well, I think you need to rearrange your priorities if you consider holding you in such a way that you don't fall out of the sky to be 'reprehensible'.

As I did not molest you, you will find that I have not done anything wrong. QED.

I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about how you kept touching me- my hair, my back, etcetera- unnecessarily.

'Unnecessary' touching is still not 'reprehensible', Princess. I still think your priorities are skewed. But then, we already established that you have an unnatural aversion to touch, so I suppose it's natural.

That is correct. I found it reprehensible, and that is what matters.

Well, I think the relevance of your opinion is suspect in this case.

Oh? So are you saying that people shouldn't have a say about what others do to their bodies, then? In that case you can hardly complain about murder.

Oh no, I think people should have a say. Generally.

I just think that your opinion is a bit too irrational to count, so obviously that doesn't apply to you.

...in case you can't tell, I'm joking Princess.

You had certainly better be. If anything, my opinion should matter more to you.

Why should your opinion matter more than others'?

Because of who I am, of course.

What about who you are?

Everything about who I am. My title, my status, my birthright...

Please. Those things mean nothing.

I have title, status and birthright, but I don't throw it around like a club. Learn to use it properly, and perhaps you will earn the respect that you believe you are due.

Until then, you deserve nothing but mockery. Princess.

They mean everything. And of course I use them properly.

Oh, really. What's your title, then?

They mean nothing. Look at how easily I penetrated your defences. Your title does not win you automatic respect, deference, or power. It is only the way in which you wield the things you have been given which determine those things.

My title happens to be Marquis.

Titles are just words. They only have the power that other people give them. Not you, but other people. Those who wish to use you, or who fear the influence that you have over others, or whose loyalty you have won. But kings can be killed, betrayed and overthrown. The title itself means nothing if you do not have the loyalty of your subjects.

You didn't do it, your off-world powers did. They do not mean nothing.

That is far below royalty.

Wrong. I keep my own power, and I am used by no one.