It was a sobering exchange-- and a sentiment that he had himself born in silence for so many years. Even after he had finally achieved his goal of marriage with the princess of Burgundy, he had not been freed of that particular weight.
"I've... used it for worse than walking a stranger home."
He admitted, grimly. So many people with wishes that needed fulfilled; bandits that needed defeated, loathsome men who used their strength to assault those weaker than them in need of punishment, dragons that had to be slain--
"It was by the nature of my circumstances and my deeds that I was the strongest man in Burgundy. Who was I to deny others their wishes, when I was the only one who could fulfill them?"
A sigh. It was so many years of unyielding responsibility that he had never voiced before, and never even fully questioned until very recently. He, too, stared up at the stoplights, but his sentiment was almost that of relief.
This was one problem that he wasn't responsible to change.
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"I've... used it for worse than walking a stranger home."
He admitted, grimly. So many people with wishes that needed fulfilled; bandits that needed defeated, loathsome men who used their strength to assault those weaker than them in need of punishment, dragons that had to be slain--
"It was by the nature of my circumstances and my deeds that I was the strongest man in Burgundy. Who was I to deny others their wishes, when I was the only one who could fulfill them?"
A sigh. It was so many years of unyielding responsibility that he had never voiced before, and never even fully questioned until very recently. He, too, stared up at the stoplights, but his sentiment was almost that of relief.
This was one problem that he wasn't responsible to change.
"It's rather freeing, to walk like this."