Alright, laughter was perhaps not the best response to 'hey, so, I'm trying to bring justice to your wife's murderer.' Ximon resisted the urge to sigh, and mentally cursed the various forces that stuck him in the situation of having to navigate around a half-deranged king. It was hardly the most difficult or even most annoying thing he'd done, but that didn't mean he enjoyed it.
"Very true, your majesty," he agreed easily, choosing to continue ignoring all the vaguely insane things the king was doing and pretend like this was a perfectly normal conversation to be having. He supposed given how poorly the king was taking all this news thus far, there was no good way to segue into his actual reason for being here. "Extremely true, in fact. Punishment for his crimes could not undue what Elliot Wilder did. But--"
It was also very hard to segue when the person you were attempting to converse with suddenly stopped and stared off, shocked, into space. Ximon paused himself, following the man's gaze, but saw nothing. The nothingness they were both staring at did not stop the king from running off towards empty space, however. Or possibly towards a tree, which was the only thing Ximon could see--and he knew he had better eyes than the king.
Hmm. Alright then.
The king running away from you: bad.
Stopping the king from running away from you: worse.
Running after the king, who was running away from you: also worse.
If Ximon had to stop a sniper from shooting him out of fear he was menacing their king, he would be very cross with how this day was going. With a long exhale through his nose, he settled for following the king, at some distance, and at a walk. It was a fast walk, though it didn't look it. He trailed behind the sprinting king, waiting for him to come to a stop, and wondering if it was possible to ignore 'running off mid-conversation like a goddamn fool' for the sake of a country without it just being obvious he was willing to ignore just about any increasingly bizarre the king did.
"Very true, your majesty," he agreed easily, choosing to continue ignoring all the vaguely insane things the king was doing and pretend like this was a perfectly normal conversation to be having. He supposed given how poorly the king was taking all this news thus far, there was no good way to segue into his actual reason for being here. "Extremely true, in fact. Punishment for his crimes could not undue what Elliot Wilder did. But--"
It was also very hard to segue when the person you were attempting to converse with suddenly stopped and stared off, shocked, into space. Ximon paused himself, following the man's gaze, but saw nothing. The nothingness they were both staring at did not stop the king from running off towards empty space, however. Or possibly towards a tree, which was the only thing Ximon could see--and he knew he had better eyes than the king.
Hmm. Alright then.
The king running away from you: bad.
Stopping the king from running away from you: worse.
Running after the king, who was running away from you: also worse.
If Ximon had to stop a sniper from shooting him out of fear he was menacing their king, he would be very cross with how this day was going. With a long exhale through his nose, he settled for following the king, at some distance, and at a walk. It was a fast walk, though it didn't look it. He trailed behind the sprinting king, waiting for him to come to a stop, and wondering if it was possible to ignore 'running off mid-conversation like a goddamn fool' for the sake of a country without it just being obvious he was willing to ignore just about any increasingly bizarre the king did.
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