Hisoka waits beside the canoe, which is drawn up in a foot of water with its bow on the sand. Two paddles are in the bottom of the boat. Friends and strangers, all welcome
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Particularly since the kingdom he inherited had been torn apart by war and Lancelot was bringing an army across the sea to kill him. But he's not going to talk about that.
Melou hesitates, again. He doesn't like to talk about his family, his father least of all. "His name was Medraut," he says, after a moment, trying to sound cool and neutral and hide his reluctance. (Wouldn't want to give off any hints that his father was a traitor, after all.)
Hisoka nods. "Yes, I know who you are, then," he says. After all, it isn't so strange to meet a person of the Arthurian saga, here; after all, it's probably history that has been mythologized in the mists of time. "Are you here alone from your world, or do you have friends or family with you?"
Hisoka perceives that the young man -- quite naturally -- doesn't know. It's possible he sees his life entirely from the inside, like most people do.
"I meant...in your area, of course. Think of it this way -- I'm originally from a small country, Japan. People tend to collect news and pass it along. If I met any of my compatriots, we'd certainly talk about events in our country and in our world. And everybody is like that, everywhere. So, it is not so strange to have heard of events in Britain."
He has decided not to deal with the time element unless Melou brings it up himself. And really, that is a needless complication, since the issue is likely that Melou just wants to live his life in peace, if not in complete obscurity -- which is impossible for a king -- but still he has a right to the basic respect of privacy.
That does make sense, but Melou is still looking at Hisoka like he's said something incredibly strange. He's never really considered that people here might know who he is. He doesn't like the idea that people might know he's the son of a traitor or the details of his angsty past. "Was it somebody here who told you about me?"
If so, he wants to know so he can be appropriately grumpy at them :|
"No, it was nobody here. It was some two-bit news-scribbler who traveled a lot and rowed across the Channel regularly." This is probably more or less the truth, no offense meant to the ancient chroniclers of their times.
Melou's silent for a moment, digesting this. It does make sense that some people here might have heard of him; he was a king, after all. But still, he instinctively distrusts Hisoka for knowing who he is. He's certain that anyone who knows about his past and how he came to the throne would probably hate him.
Though he does, briefly, wonder if he should ask Hisoka about what happened to his brother. He still doesn't know how the battle at Winchester ended, or if his younger brother survived. But he quickly decides against it. He doesn't like to talk about his family to anyone, least of all strangers.
"What else did he tell you?" He wants to figure out how much Hisoka knows.
Hisoka thinks of the scar on Melou's face. Being a swordsman himself, he isn't certain that even a shinigami could survive such an injury. And a living human being...no.
"He said that you claimed the throne after your father's and Arthur's deaths, with the approval of Arthur's liegemen. And he had nothing ill to say of your reign."
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Particularly since the kingdom he inherited had been torn apart by war and Lancelot was bringing an army across the sea to kill him. But he's not going to talk about that.
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"King Melou," he introduces himself. "Ruler of Britain."
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He is, for a moment, at a loss for words. "You... what do you mean?"
He has no idea that he's a legendary figure. This is probably going to make him freak out.
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"I meant...in your area, of course. Think of it this way -- I'm originally from a small country, Japan. People tend to collect news and pass it along. If I met any of my compatriots, we'd certainly talk about events in our country and in our world. And everybody is like that, everywhere. So, it is not so strange to have heard of events in Britain."
He has decided not to deal with the time element unless Melou brings it up himself. And really, that is a needless complication, since the issue is likely that Melou just wants to live his life in peace, if not in complete obscurity -- which is impossible for a king -- but still he has a right to the basic respect of privacy.
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If so, he wants to know so he can be appropriately grumpy at them :|
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Though he does, briefly, wonder if he should ask Hisoka about what happened to his brother. He still doesn't know how the battle at Winchester ended, or if his younger brother survived. But he quickly decides against it. He doesn't like to talk about his family to anyone, least of all strangers.
"What else did he tell you?" He wants to figure out how much Hisoka knows.
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"He said that you claimed the throne after your father's and Arthur's deaths, with the approval of Arthur's liegemen. And he had nothing ill to say of your reign."
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The slightest trace of a smirk plays at the corner of his mouth. "Really?"
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