This venerable one is grateful you have accepted his plea.
[As a ruler, acknowledging a mistake should only be done for the most egregious wrongs. A ruler who often made mistakes and apologized all the time was not a ruler anyone would be able to trust the decisions of. Therefore, when a mistake was important enough for an apology to be made, it was expected to be done with all the seriousness such a rare event called for. And it was with that expectation that Daqiang approached this.
He was relieved, however, that he would not be asked to humble himself to fall to a knee before someone else. Willing as he was, it was not something he'd done since taking the throne and to do so felt like a weakness.]
This venerable one has a question for you, if you will allow him.
[Zack is absolutely not the type of person who would accept a bow from anyone for any reason. That's not who he is and that's not what he would want anyone to stoop themselves down to.
And while all of this is still pretty raw in his head he does appreciate that this apology came to him. He still has some feelings to sort out about it. But he's a reasonable person. And he cares about what G'raha has.]
I don't know what you'd need to ask me, but sure. Shoot.
I mean, yeah. It's kind of hard not to think that when the first thing I see from you is something like that.
[G'raha did his best to explain it but Zack still thinks it's kind of ... weird. Thinking of your crew as people to protect is one thing, sure. But considering them "subjects that belong to him" is ... well.]
Most people don't go around declaring people as theirs unless there's more to it.
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[As a ruler, acknowledging a mistake should only be done for the most egregious wrongs. A ruler who often made mistakes and apologized all the time was not a ruler anyone would be able to trust the decisions of. Therefore, when a mistake was important enough for an apology to be made, it was expected to be done with all the seriousness such a rare event called for. And it was with that expectation that Daqiang approached this.
He was relieved, however, that he would not be asked to humble himself to fall to a knee before someone else. Willing as he was, it was not something he'd done since taking the throne and to do so felt like a weakness.]
This venerable one has a question for you, if you will allow him.
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And while all of this is still pretty raw in his head he does appreciate that this apology came to him. He still has some feelings to sort out about it. But he's a reasonable person. And he cares about what G'raha has.]
I don't know what you'd need to ask me, but sure. Shoot.
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[It was point of contention that he didn't want to cause more trouble for G'raha. For that, he needed clarity.]
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I mean, yeah. It's kind of hard not to think that when the first thing I see from you is something like that.
[G'raha did his best to explain it but Zack still thinks it's kind of ... weird. Thinking of your crew as people to protect is one thing, sure. But considering them "subjects that belong to him" is ... well.]
Most people don't go around declaring people as theirs unless there's more to it.