#belomantics

        ‘ ... thank you, and the king and queen both, for your hospitality, but as i informed the king and queen this morning, i will be moving from the castle and into a house the king was nice enough to prepare for me. ’ he bows to the prince as etiquette dictates, who he may not really like, but he respects him ( and feels the weight of his sins on his shoulders irregardless. it’s hard for him, sometimes, to look the prince in the eyes, when he knows that he has killed his sister. not yet, and hopefully never, but with that one moment -- no, sometimes he cannot look the prince in the eyes. ).