"No, I expect he rather just wants proper bowing and scraping before he will deign to acknowledge the lot of them, and that does require a crowd of some number," Loki replies and then glances sidelong at Lexie.
"Consider...the monarchy in Orlais is insufferable because they have the right to be ruler by birth, yes?" Loki begins. "Now imagine if their pedigree went hand in hand with the divine gift of magic, granted unto man to serve him?
"How much more haughty and insufferable do you expect the monarchy would become?" He asks and takes a sip of his drink. "Then, of course, give him the skill and intelligence to avoid being murdered because there is a system to quickly and efficiently replace him should he fall?
"We, my dear, would not mourn the Archon's death. Nor would we mourn the death of the magister who was quick enough to assume his rank before the others could. It is politics."
Loki swirls his drink with one hand and looks to Bene for confirmation.
"He expects we shall publicly fellate him with much enthusiasm; it is what he feels he deserves, and...given the circumstances, I expect we shall. No, the cleverer move would be to appeal to Houses, but I do not expect the Inquisition will begin with such things. The interplay of Houses in Tevinter is a lifetime education in and of itself and selecting who to ally and who to snub will be...tricky. There tends to be a cascade effect."
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"Consider...the monarchy in Orlais is insufferable because they have the right to be ruler by birth, yes?" Loki begins. "Now imagine if their pedigree went hand in hand with the divine gift of magic, granted unto man to serve him?
"How much more haughty and insufferable do you expect the monarchy would become?" He asks and takes a sip of his drink. "Then, of course, give him the skill and intelligence to avoid being murdered because there is a system to quickly and efficiently replace him should he fall?
"We, my dear, would not mourn the Archon's death. Nor would we mourn the death of the magister who was quick enough to assume his rank before the others could. It is politics."
Loki swirls his drink with one hand and looks to Bene for confirmation.
"He expects we shall publicly fellate him with much enthusiasm; it is what he feels he deserves, and...given the circumstances, I expect we shall. No, the cleverer move would be to appeal to Houses, but I do not expect the Inquisition will begin with such things. The interplay of Houses in Tevinter is a lifetime education in and of itself and selecting who to ally and who to snub will be...tricky. There tends to be a cascade effect."