User blog comment:MockingJester/Hushed land: Q&A afar/@comment-39280634-20200528234406/@comment-30014014-20200604192516

"No. I never was one to sit on a gilded throne of rulership. Nor am I in this current...era. The thrones you are glaring at are those of men who once were kings. Emperors. Shoguns, however you wish to splice it, they ruled with all the burden and forsaken advantages that a position as their gave out of love for their subjdects. They hail from beyond the Circadian Eons, when gods and kings were as common as the common.They held the same belief that you do. That these animals could be spoken to...negociated with...made peace with. And their people..."

The man in gray turns back, his eyeless orbits anew, now staring straight at the young man "...believed their kings, long lived, long experience. And they paid the price for this folly. I am certain you are aware of what I speak..."