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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Unsung" data-source="post: 6583130" data-attributes="member: 6781406">The duke continues, his lugubrious voice making every word, every stanza he speaks seem a chore-- although he also speaks quickly, as if to get it over with. An odd combination. Perhaps simply a product of his environment.“A compelling case it is you make, sirrah, that is if you are not like the bishops at court and abide your own sermonizing.” He gazes up at the ceiling thoughtfully. “You have stumbled onto the right of it, for indeed I have cared not a whit ’til now for our duchy nor any trapping of power, nor liege nor land, and verily all is in doubt that I will ever be opportuned any (that is to say, legitimate) heirs to my family name. Meanwhile I can say that of my father and siblings, may they rest, of all the countless worlds of which I have heard tell, nary a one would be any the poorer for their passing.“It may be as you say, Man of Dust, that there is no order or justice or meaning to be had in this life. Yet there is still...” He rolls the viscous red droplets around the bottom of his glass. His lips twist into a smile as if against his will. “...satisfaction. Honour, or vengeance, or other such bodily functions of the noble classes. Balance, you see, of the proverbial books, leastwise. Duty. An evening of accounts, the discharge of one’s debts, to be free and clear--”He pushes back his glass, drums his fingers on the table, and looks at the few meager coppers Eurid is offering. The sum does not seem to hold his attention much.</blockquote>

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