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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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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.

Royalty isn't some magical formula making it impossible for someone to dislike you or plot against you, Princess.

History teaches that sooner or later, even royalty that commands huge armies can piss off enough people that they get put in their place. Usually that means death for the royal line.

Personally, I prefer being a commoner, and avoid having to act in my capacity as a nobleman as much as possible.

I realize that.

I'll be the first to admit that I don't know how things work on your world. Therefore, I expect you to do the intelligent thing and realize that you know just as little about mine.

I don't know much about your world, it's true. But I know human nature ;)

I also recognize that I know little about you or how you rule. I was not implying that you might personally inspire a change in government. But your attitude is one I find reprehensible, and laughable.

And yet my people find me admirable.

Do they? Or is that just what they tell you to your face?