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I will not hide my identity nor pretend these words are not attached to me. There were men who thought I committed many wrongs before I came here. One man held me accountable and spared me nothing besides a lingering death, which leads me to my question: in your estimation, are there any crimes that are unforgivable?

What a common man or woman cannot - should not - do, a king or a queen can do for the good of their people, correct? Great sacrifices are expected in battle - in war - however do you think that a ruler's life should be forfeit for them? What good can they do if they are slain prematurely?

I can admit when I am wrong, but on this...

I don't understand.

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In those cases, yes, I believe those too are unforgivable crimes.

As for kings and queens and rule, they depend much on those who they rule, don't they? If they are for the people they listen to their people? That's how that generally works, right?

You would think so, but many rule selfishly without any regard to those beneath their feet.

So, you are a queen where you come from? And you rule for your people?

I was and I did. I was betrayed before I arrived here.

Betrayed? I'm sorry to hear that. Was it by someone in your court?

[She assumed there was a court. Kings and Queens were all very Romantic like that. In stories at least.]

It was by the same man I thought to make king. He found me unworthy of the throne after the city was conquered.

(Her story is less romantic, unfortunately.)

I see why such a betrayal would hurt. Did he see no way or working the problem out then? Whatever problem that there was. A conquered city?

He was convinced to kill me by my enemies. They pretended to be my friends, but they wanted him on the throne instead. I suppose he thought I was a lost cause.

He sounds weak. No one is a lost cause enough to kill them. What is it you did, if I could ask, that made them so upset with you as a ruler?

I killed tens of thousands of peasants. My enemy used them as a shield and I broke through them with dragon-fire.

His anger was understandable, but the war was won.

oh wow.
You killed that many people in a war? With a dragon? That's really intense.

In a single day.

Yes, intense is one of the words you could use.

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