This snippet reveals the way that Mikeli of Tsaia thinks about the responsibilities of a royal marriage.\u00a0 There are no plot spoilers.<\/p>\n
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Where: palace in V\u00e9rella, Tsaia<\/p>\n
Who:\u00a0 King Mikeli of Tsaia and his younger brother Prince Camwyn<\/p>\n
“You should see this,” Mikeli said.\u00a0 “It’s from the king of Kostandan.\u00a0 He thinks I should marry his daughter Ganlin.”<\/p>\n
“I thought Rothlin was interested in her,” Camwyn said, reaching for a hot roll.\u00a0 “He said she seemed to like him.”\u00a0 Then he remembered he’d heard that via Aris, his sister Gwenno, and Beclan, which made it gossip.\u00a0 He stuffed the roll in his mouth.<\/p>\n
“Close to the throne isn’t the throne,” Mikeli said.\u00a0 He put the scroll down and picked up a tumbler of juice.\u00a0 “I hate this, you know.\u00a0 Girls are all very well, and I must have a wife, but I understand how Kieri Phelan felt when they pressured him.\u00a0 And now he’s married and happy with it.\u00a0 I suppose I will be.”<\/p>\n
“Will you marry this girl, then?”\u00a0 Camwyn tried to sound more adult and sensible than he felt.\u00a0 Girls–Aris\u2019s sisters, or the others he knew–were just people, as far as he was concerned.\u00a0 Pretty or plain didn\u2019t matter as much as whether they were lively or dull.<\/p>\n
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Camwyn’s at a very awkward age, obviously.\u00a0 He’s trying to be more grown-up and take an adult interest in issues, but his thinking skills and attitudes are still very boyish….and time is running out as events press on both of them.\u00a0 Mikeli’s trying to be a good big brother while also being the king in a situation already difficult and soon to be much more so.<\/p>\n
Even if they were the same age,\u00a0 they would not be identical twins.\u00a0 Camwyn’s more impulsive, more “hot” in his reactions; Mikeli’s more reflective and “cool.”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Both are basically good-hearted, but in very different styles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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