Lion Head Mesa silver

gucci made.. a face... at the casual mention of fratricide and child kings.

he imagined more politiks and social training and brattiness for the three of them, not... that.

he bit his lip. "do- ... do y' think akashingo'd persist if that happened? if we had a boy on th' throne?" 

he thought of the plots of all the shows and movies he'd watched from the crook of his Ma's arm. wars and conspiracies. heirs paying to see their cousins and brothers killed. horrible things that happen to those caught in the crossfire, no matter their innocence.