Robin nods when she makes that connection, opening one of his eyes again (the one furthest away from where she's touching his hair).
"I've only heard it told as a myth. It's... probably true, but it's never actually been proven. And it was too long ago for me to have ever met someone who would have been there. People say this was soon after the world began." He drifts into thought for a moment. Yes, he feels connected to Hoden, but who's to say that isn't just a very succinct madness?
He looks for the next part to explain. The fall of the Kings, right.
"The story goes that they ruled wonderfully and kindly and their kingdoms flourished... until one guy started getting greedy. He started sneaking land from the others, stirred up wars, made a bunch of alliances and enemies... And then all the others got dragged into it too, until they pretty much tore their own kingdoms apart. They were so caught up in their own fighting that they forgot about their subjects, who were pretty pissed off by that point... and they ended up revolting against the Kings and eventually killing them."
He frowns a little. This mindset is a little closer to home. "It really freaked people out afterwords--the idea of having kings and queens with that much power. People say that a third of the world died fighting for or against them. I don't know if that part is true either, though."
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"I've only heard it told as a myth. It's... probably true, but it's never actually been proven. And it was too long ago for me to have ever met someone who would have been there. People say this was soon after the world began." He drifts into thought for a moment. Yes, he feels connected to Hoden, but who's to say that isn't just a very succinct madness?
He looks for the next part to explain. The fall of the Kings, right.
"The story goes that they ruled wonderfully and kindly and their kingdoms flourished... until one guy started getting greedy. He started sneaking land from the others, stirred up wars, made a bunch of alliances and enemies... And then all the others got dragged into it too, until they pretty much tore their own kingdoms apart. They were so caught up in their own fighting that they forgot about their subjects, who were pretty pissed off by that point... and they ended up revolting against the Kings and eventually killing them."
He frowns a little. This mindset is a little closer to home. "It really freaked people out afterwords--the idea of having kings and queens with that much power. People say that a third of the world died fighting for or against them. I don't know if that part is true either, though."