[Constantin quite literally shushes Archimedes without hesitation, waving a hand at him to keep writing while the adults are talking.]
Someone will have to take the brunt of this... [And boy, it should be this dude right here! But he has only one saving grace that Constantin can't guarantee any of the other candidates have,] But if he's willing to help his citizens in ways that aren't abysmally stupid, that can be worked out.
[He says this... to Felix, but it's pointedly for Archimedes to remember to get over himself; he started stealing to help his people, didn't he? Cool motive, still a crime, and yet somehow Constantin is still willing to leave a man in charge who gives a damn about the little people.
Or, well. In charge, with some very heavy moderation, because the current model is terrible but uprooting the entire governing body of this duchy is even harder than fixing what they've been given. He sighs.]
I suppose we'll have to return and check on things every now and then, won't we?
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Someone will have to take the brunt of this... [And boy, it should be this dude right here! But he has only one saving grace that Constantin can't guarantee any of the other candidates have,] But if he's willing to help his citizens in ways that aren't abysmally stupid, that can be worked out.
[He says this... to Felix, but it's pointedly for Archimedes to remember to get over himself; he started stealing to help his people, didn't he? Cool motive, still a crime, and yet somehow Constantin is still willing to leave a man in charge who gives a damn about the little people.
Or, well. In charge, with some very heavy moderation, because the current model is terrible but uprooting the entire governing body of this duchy is even harder than fixing what they've been given. He sighs.]
I suppose we'll have to return and check on things every now and then, won't we?