"It should never see the light of day. Ever again. Never. Because there are truths that do not save anyone once spoken aloud. They only destroy what little remains standing. You are the realm's final hope," Richard continued. "Without you, the kingdom collapses. You know it. I know it."
"Shake off your grief. Your penance, should be serving your kingdom with everything you have. Everything you possess. Rule well. Rule justly. You have been doing a great job so far," Richard said.
"You do not think less of me?"
Richard chuckled. "I have always thought less of you since we were boys," he said. "I think I am the only one who has ever dared. But not because I think you cannot do great things," Richard continued. "Never that. It is simply difficult to tremble before a king when one remembers him trying to outrun the nursemaids with no clothes on, shrieking like a demon and slipping on wet grass."
