Yeah. I don't remember the exact words, that was like six months ago, but essentially, it was something about how if one kingdom didn't prevail, then that forest would keep spreading over everything. And that would be bad, because it's full of monsters and it was growing over the fields we used to harvest food, so - you know, widespread destruction, the usual.
Uh, I don't know the exact timeline, but I definitely don't have any memories of him from when I was a kid, so it had to be at some point before I was a couple of years old. Probably after I was born, though, yeah.
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[why is that the usual]
That's why we thought we had to fight.
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But you didn't. And you managed to break the curse anyway?
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Yeah! It turns out the answer was not fighting at all. It meant one kingdom as in, like, unity, not as in conquest.
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So all that fighting... for no reason. [ not so cute ] And your fathers are still gone?
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[rupert]
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I'm sorry, that must've been difficult for you growing up.
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[PLEASE save claude]
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[ sorry the question just comes out ]
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So you must not miss him much.
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Yeah, somehow the whole attempted forced death match thing at our first meeting didn't really make me very fond of him. Imagine that.
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Yeah, fathers can be pretty terrible. So you're ruling your kingdoms together now?
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Well, no. Uh, more stuff happened since then, but - that's the plan, once we get everything figured out.
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Well, the thing about that is that there's, uh, no kingdom to rule anymore. Long story.
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girl help ]
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[he repeats, as though that clears anything up at all]
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We need to sit down for drinks sometime.
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Sure, yeah. Any time.