Edmund sighed. He should have known. But he also couldn't blame Al for the things that comforted him. "I can believe that," he said, a small smile conceding his mouth. "Certainly, on matters pertaining to the realm, my royal sisters and brother are the first ones I consult. We are united on that front."
He fell silent. Al wouldn't understand, with how close he was to his own family, that Edmund's was not always a source of peace for him. And so he left it unsaid, brows darkening unconsciously, wondering if Al really was just like the rest of them, blindly loyal, stubbornly clinging to his own faction at the expense of others, petitioning for laws that helped them and only them.
Damn. He'd tried to get away from this subject with something lighter to talk about. Edmund's frown deepened. For a little while, he'd like to pretend that Al was someone he could be friends with.
"I should need to know all of your names to properly yell at you," he said solemnly, and only the intent behind the joke gave it away as such. "Until I am so privileged - Al it shall be."
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Date: 2016-06-27 09:01 pm (UTC)He fell silent. Al wouldn't understand, with how close he was to his own family, that Edmund's was not always a source of peace for him. And so he left it unsaid, brows darkening unconsciously, wondering if Al really was just like the rest of them, blindly loyal, stubbornly clinging to his own faction at the expense of others, petitioning for laws that helped them and only them.
Damn. He'd tried to get away from this subject with something lighter to talk about. Edmund's frown deepened. For a little while, he'd like to pretend that Al was someone he could be friends with.
"I should need to know all of your names to properly yell at you," he said solemnly, and only the intent behind the joke gave it away as such. "Until I am so privileged - Al it shall be."