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Taikon appreciated the boy's quiet. Though he was missing the company of Juniper, in some ways not being around a bouncy puppy was a mild reprieve; he still hoped she would return to her usual self shortly.
Once again, Kiyoshi asked a question that gave the prince pause. What might have happened if he had never met Celle? Certainly he would have been married to a woman from a neighbouring pack for diplomacy. He would have taken over as "King" whilst really his mother ran the show from behind the scenes. Ever her puppet, Taikon would have put forth his pretty face on policies that she had designed to keep plebeians in their place. He'd likely have gone along with it all. The royal life was a privileged one. He would never have known true hunger, for neither food nor anything else he desired.
He took a breath. He would have been an asshole. No, I didn't want to be that important, he said. He couldn't tell the truth. It wasn't child-appropriate. Taikon elaborated. My mother, the Queen, she thought manners were important, but she also was mean to other people. I didn't like it, he offered to the boy, hoping that maybe it would help him understand.
How exactly did people raise children to not be assholes, anyway?