[He's not looking at her when he speaks, giving special attention to the floor, the walls (the heads). Except there's no satisfaction for him here, no puzzle to solve -- just the smell of blood burning in the back of his throat.
(Nothing quite so barbaric or disappointing as humanity's long history of politically-sanctioned murder.)]
Though, if you were trying to usurp the throne, you could have gone about it better.
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[He's not looking at her when he speaks, giving special attention to the floor, the walls (the heads). Except there's no satisfaction for him here, no puzzle to solve -- just the smell of blood burning in the back of his throat.
(Nothing quite so barbaric or disappointing as humanity's long history of politically-sanctioned murder.)]
Though, if you were trying to usurp the throne, you could have gone about it better.