( so, he's underestimated nikolai. that's fine. it doesn't matter. in his experience the court of closely kept individuals do more of the thinking than the king himself but that — that is clearly not the case, here. nikolai is smart, which means he's utterly dangerous. )
I am not a liar. I am Tom Badgerlock. Named by my mother.
( i have a mother, of course. one who did not give me up. one who loved me enough to give me a name.
when he was a boy, his father's wife used to call him tom. as in, tom cat. the little stray. silly, he should cling to that name now. )
The little man is only as important as the king allows him to be. The little man is only as righteous as the worst of its ranks.
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I am not a liar. I am Tom Badgerlock. Named by my mother.
( i have a mother, of course. one who did not give me up. one who loved me enough to give me a name.
when he was a boy, his father's wife used to call him tom. as in, tom cat. the little stray. silly, he should cling to that name now. )
The little man is only as important as the king allows him to be. The little man is only as righteous as the worst of its ranks.