It has been long enough that Texas hardly remembers the actual politics and policies of his times as king. He imagines that he’d just done what he wanted and that the world had adjusted itself around him; it makes sense that it continues to do so.
He’s not unfamiliar with the trading of kingdom members. In his time, though, the kings had sent their prettiest daughters and used the forthcoming children to cement the alliances. Texas has no qualms against continuing such a tradition, but he knows that mares have gained some semblance of equality, and they’ve never been quite as good-willed about such practices as men are. It’s a shame, really.
“They’ll probably send their most useless member,” He replies in a drawl, nonchalantly speaking his general distrust. “Perhaps they can send a weaned child and we can teach them healing.” Even without the water and magic, there’s usefulness in knowing such things. Perhaps the children will even learn to control the waters themselves, in which case they’ll by default be more a member of the Falls than of their original kingdom.
“Do you want treaties?” He asks next, doing his best to piece together their overall diplomatic standing. “And how will those be different from an alliance?” AS he’s asking, he realizes earlier that she’d mentioned castes quite a while ago, and he’d never answered her. “I’ll do both castes, I think. Though it’s been ages since I’ve done either.” Ages since he joined anything at all, really. But he’s managing fairly well.
He’s not unfamiliar with the trading of kingdom members. In his time, though, the kings had sent their prettiest daughters and used the forthcoming children to cement the alliances. Texas has no qualms against continuing such a tradition, but he knows that mares have gained some semblance of equality, and they’ve never been quite as good-willed about such practices as men are. It’s a shame, really.
“They’ll probably send their most useless member,” He replies in a drawl, nonchalantly speaking his general distrust. “Perhaps they can send a weaned child and we can teach them healing.” Even without the water and magic, there’s usefulness in knowing such things. Perhaps the children will even learn to control the waters themselves, in which case they’ll by default be more a member of the Falls than of their original kingdom.
“Do you want treaties?” He asks next, doing his best to piece together their overall diplomatic standing. “And how will those be different from an alliance?” AS he’s asking, he realizes earlier that she’d mentioned castes quite a while ago, and he’d never answered her. “I’ll do both castes, I think. Though it’s been ages since I’ve done either.” Ages since he joined anything at all, really. But he’s managing fairly well.
T E X A S
immortal silver bay hybrid stallion
king of the falls