[ It's rather like being back at court again, dancing around pompous nobles and appeasing bureaucrats with promises of land, lavishness, and above all else, loyalty, spinning pretty words into pretty lies. Ultimately, it didn't matter whether Gilgamesh believed him or not, only that he stayed his hand as well as his tongue. That alone would be enough.
And far be it him to neglect an opportunity for chess. One of the few human inventions worth indulging, to pass all that time in between... along with alcohol, of course. ]
His Majesty is too kind. [ Snark. Get used to it, Gilgamesh, you'll be hearing plenty more where that came from. ] Indulge my curiosity, then... what is it that grants you this title of King? Power? Influence? Heroics?
Or were you simply born into such a position, inherently divine? A guardian of the lesser races?
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And far be it him to neglect an opportunity for chess. One of the few human inventions worth indulging, to pass all that time in between... along with alcohol, of course. ]
His Majesty is too kind. [ Snark. Get used to it, Gilgamesh, you'll be hearing plenty more where that came from. ] Indulge my curiosity, then... what is it that grants you this title of King? Power? Influence? Heroics?
Or were you simply born into such a position, inherently divine? A guardian of the lesser races?