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Even if that was possible, there will always be some sort of law. Leaders emerge within groups. People want someone to look up to for leadership and survival.

Leadership and survival. [He scoffs]

The law just protects those who can pay them, either with money or with favors.

They don't help the beggar on the corner, they don't listen to the woman gettin' beat on in an alley, they don't do shit for the common man, they just make life hell for them.

If your world does help all them folk, either it went through all them to get where it currently is, or you're an entirely damned different species.

To me it sounds like you live somewhere with a terrible system of law.

[Noctis might not be very worldly, but he is the son of a king, so his views on this are absolutely skewed in a certain direction.]

So I guess I can't really say much about where you live specifically.

Yea, show me a place where it ain't like this. Don't exist, and it seems to get worse every damned year.

[He actually looks surprised]

Wait I was just jokin' with that bit...

Where you from?

The Kingdom of Lucis.

[He pauses, feeling a bit awkward. His title is still new to him.]

I only recently became king. It's a long story.

Not long ago there was a pretty big disaster. Without people stepping up to provide protection and risk their lives to get all sorts of supplies, a lot of refugees would have died. So it's tough for me to condemn leaders. [He offers a small smile and a shrug.]

Oh you're a king are yea?

[Okay nevermind, he clearly doesn't believe that from the smile on his face]

Well I don't like kings much more than the every day lawmen, less so in fact considerin' many folk here have ancestors that left a monarchy some years ago and fought in a bloody war to keep away from his greedy paws.

One incident ain't enough to balance out the good from the bad. If it were that easy, I'd be a goddamned saint with how many people I've helped compared to those I've killed.

I am, yeah.

[Hmph. Oh well. There's actually something kind of nice about not being recognized.]

I'm not saying I'm perfect or a saint. No one is. But I'm not about to leave people to fend for themselves again. Maybe I can learn from people like you so I don't make the same mistakes you've experienced.

[He smirk fades into a curious smile]

You're serious?

If you are a king, you're far different than anything I've ever heard of.

Long list of mistakes royalty can learn not to do by listening to the everyday folk.

I never really wanted to be king. Fate had a different plan.

[Though he fought fate in some ways, sometimes Noctis wonders if he could have done more.]

I spent more time playing games and hanging out with my friends than learning about politics. I'm going to need all the help I can get.

A king who didn't know or want to become a king. Sounds like a fairy tale.

That's fair. As much as I've dealt with the law, politics itself ain't my strong suit neither. I leave that to Dutch and Hosea.

But as much as I don't like lawmen, or monarchs for that matter, I'm not unreasonable. I'd be willing to lend an ear.

[He chuckles]

Come to think of it, you might be the first royalty I ever met.

[If it means the law can help one kid from being hit or one woman stuck with a man who takes advantage of her, you don't need to twist his arm.]

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I guess it does, huh? But for me it's been more like an endless nightmare.

[He's lost way too much, too many people and too much time to see his current situation in a positive light.

At least he made it out with his life and managed to protect his closest friends.]

I'd rather be out fishing, honestly. [Good thing his comments haven't earned this stranger's anger. He does sound reasonable.]

If that's true, then I'd better make a really good impression. [Despite forgetting his manners right off the bat.]

I'm Noctis. Nice to meet you.

Hm, don't like them, especially the ones that you wake up after feelin' like you're falling.

Fishing? Now we're talking. Same, I enjoy a hunt or a stagecoach robbery but sometimes nothing beats just castin' a line in a river. Don't have a lot of patience for stuff, fishing is one of them I do, even when I catch nothing.

Arthur. Likewise.

I can relate to that.

My friends always tease me about how I could go fishing and completely lose track of the world around me. Then they complain when I don't give them a chance.

Maybe we should go fishing or hunting together sometime and you can tell me all the reasons you hate the law. It'll be interesting.

I like that.
Very well, you got a deal, princess.

[If he's teasing you, he likes you.]

[Gladio, his shield, has been calling him 'princess' for years. It doesn't even faze him.]

Good. I'll hold you to it.

[Good to end there? Down for a thread for more if you are, PM me if you want]

[Sure! I'll shoot you a PM.]

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