[He is your brother and he is the rightful King of France. It burns in your veins which each heartbeat. It makes your breath catch in your throat. The man you've loved for so long. The man who got a child on you. The man who you are going to marry because of that unborn child.
Were going to marry. Because now you've told him you can no longer
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[he's glancing down at first, uncertain]
... I'm sorry, Lia.
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It was not your fault...you have nothing to be sorry for.
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[Pause. But she manages a smile again.]
There are worse ways to die.
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No. It would never be Maximilien. He loves me.
The King of France. The...one who rules. I have been led to believe he orchestrated it all.
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I would have never told Maximilien.
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[ A beat. ]
So you're dead, huh?
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[She'll still burn for it. She won't argue that.]
It would appear so. I do not think there is recovery from that.
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[ The subject by itself is annoying, but not the details of the content. ]
Good thing you know Raphael, then, huh.
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What does being dead have to do with knowing Raphael?
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Your brother?
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[Not that it makes things any better, she supposes.]
I would not have married him. I would not have had a child that was such a threat. Though perhaps I should be honored the King himself bothered to murder me.
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[ He's somewhat teasing, somewhat not. His own sister all up in his business and then making a mockery of him has made him sensitive to this sort of thing. ]
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[She can't tell what he intends with this. She just looks at him, and frowns a bit.]
I was missed by my lover and my little brother. The men who matter most to me. That is enough prestige for me.
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