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The strife of kingship was one Nikomachos did not take to naturally. His logic was sparse, and his reasoning often failed to identify overt solutions, yet Eurynome, his curious betrothed, why she had an eye for politics. Her life among court, although as a mere entertainer, had wrought her many appearances in the kingly chamber, as her gymnastics enthralled the men she kept a keen ear on their jabbering. From trade, to war, to personal grievances, the woman learnt how to navigate the politics of the Aegean without even having stepped on the oratory stage. She begged Nikomachos to divulge every Ekklesia meeting and every Ephorate debacle as she met their drama with succinct and mature management, but unfortunately her little bird was not one to actually rule or care for his region, instead, to live off its precedented wealth and assumption of obliviousness. His foolishness was a burden that only Eurynome could supersede, for as a bird of a paradise she could dance and dance to his song so that her own lyrics could overcome his own in a ventriloquist concerto.
