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His Imperial Majesty
A cardinal virtue—perhaps the cardinal virtue—of hereditary rule is that
you may
—
may
—
get a reluctant ruler. The trouble with the usurper is that he usually wanted
the job. I said usually; I’m an exception.
Wanting to rule—as opposed to being willing to govern —is clear evidence
of a diseased mind; the only person who should be allowed to make
decisions for anybody else ought to be someone who doesn’t want the job.
Note: Pretended reluctance to rule isn’t an effective substitute.
Additional note: Not wanting the job isn’t a sufficient qualification, just a
necessary one.
Short form of the above: Life can be a real bitch.
—Karl Cullinane
Baron, you’re an asshole
, Karl Cullinane thought as he approached the keep, crawling on his belly
through the tall grasses.
If Baron Arondael was going to try to explore the possibility of rebelling
against his prince and emperor, at least he could have had the goddam
consideration to have his goddam groundskeepers mow the goddam lawn so
that the goddam prince and emperor couldn’t quietly sneak up on him,
thereby forcing said goddam prince and emperor to come up with some
plan either more straightforward or more devious than creeping through the
goddam grass on his goddam hands and knees.
He paused for a moment and rose to his knees to rub at the stubs that were
all that remained of the three outermost fingers of his left hand. After all
these years, he had gotten used to managing with thumb and forefinger; he
rarely missed them—
*Matter of fact, you can count in base seven better than anyone else I
know.*
—but grass made the stumps itch.
Baron, you are going to pay for my itching stumps.
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That seemed only fair. The stumps weren’t Arondael’s fault; the itching was.
*Good, good,* the sarcastic voice echoed in his head. *Worry about what a
jerk Baron Arondael is and how you’d rather just walk up to the castle.
Much, much better to think about what you’d rather be doing than to
concentrate on what you are doing. Why not worry how Jason’s lessons at
Home are coming along?*
Ellegon
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