"...Which side would you choose, if those were the only things you knew and the only things you had to base your judgment on?"
"...." Billy's eyes froze for a moment as he stared sharply into Robin's pupils, clearly turning the question over in his mind from an angle he hadn't seriously considered before. "I never thought about it from that angle... Do you really think people's views of you will differ that much? After everything they've seen with their own eyes?"
"Understanding people's hearts, how they think and how they judge what happens around them, is what makes you a good ruler. It's what allows you to make the right decision instead of simply assuming that everyone will reach the same conclusion you did." Robin smiled and nodded, pleased that Billy hadn't tried to argue pointlessly this time and had instead stopped to consider what he was saying. "Let me make the picture a little clearer for you."
