Waking up in an unknown situation, among strangers? It was better to be careful. There will always be people out there with something against me, after all.
[and once it became clear that no one here was from orsterra, there wasn't exactly a point in announcing that hey charles is a fake name actually.]
I don't think anyone can be liked by everyone. I don't think anyone should try to be either. It's only... I know a reason why it's safer for me to have a different name even if it's not the same reason as yours.
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Should I continue calling you Charles?
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[ but she understand what he means. ]
Did you have to hide your identity?
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[and once it became clear that no one here was from orsterra, there wasn't exactly a point in announcing that hey charles is a fake name actually.]
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I wonder what you do at home to have people against you when you're so well-liked here.
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Hey, I'm pretty loved nowadays back home, y'know?
[but the more you do something that people appreciate, the more enmity you incur from others who wish you wouldn't.
he might be a ruler beloved by his army and citizens, as well as by foreign powers, but he's not naive enough to think that that's enough.]
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I don't think anyone can be liked by everyone. I don't think anyone should try to be either. It's only... I know a reason why it's safer for me to have a different name even if it's not the same reason as yours.
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he tilts his head, the vibes being curious but not pressing unless she wants to say more.]
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It's the same reason I dye my hair.
[ the way she is only this open about it because all of eudora knows it already. ]
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... Ah.
[well. he can guess what that means.]