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Posted: **Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:57 pm**

"Oh, certainly," Aiden said, "One cannot afford to be careless. Particularly if one is responsible for the royal family's well being. Or anyone's well being truly."

Aiden paused for a moment to sip his drink.

"My father would have likely punished me for not being able to keep myself safe as well as punished the guard."

Posted: **Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:00 pm**

"Was your father a hard man, then?"

Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2018 3:45 pm**

"He's Lord Magneto's clenched fist," Aiden said with pride before realizing he'd not really answered the question. "A hard man would believe him some sort of ideal to strive for."

Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2018 5:54 pm**

"That close to Magneto, hrm?" she said, glancing down and stirring her drink. "That must be a...different sort of life."

Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2018 6:35 pm**

"How different depends on if you ever woke up on a deserted island or remote mountainside with naught but what you wore to bed," Aiden said before finishing off his beer.

Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2018 6:41 pm**

"I must admit, that's not an experience I've had the pleasure of having."

Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2018 6:49 pm**

"It can be quite enjoyable. The night sky is breathtaking and there's a certain peace of mind you can only find when you're truly alone," Aiden smiled. "Lost most of it's charm the first time my mother planned the... excursion and I woke up snowed into a cave without the means to make a fire."

Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2018 7:00 pm**

"How far away were you, generally?"

Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2018 7:27 pm**

"From Genosha? I think the furthest was a four or five hour flight," Aiden said trying to recall. "I usually slept on the flight home."

Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2018 7:37 pm**

"So, at least they...came and picked you up again?"

Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2018 7:54 pm**

"My parents were practical so there was also a reward of some kind waiting at home," Aiden smiled.

Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2018 8:02 pm**

"Still. Seems like a fairly...literal definition of tough love."

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2018 2:42 pm**

"Quite," Aiden said, "My parents would say 'we live in a hard world', but I think that a tad melodramatic for my taste."

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2018 5:18 pm**

"Is that sort of thing...common? I mean, for most people?"

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2018 8:44 pm**

"Most people? Undoubtedly not," Aiden said, "Nor among Genoshans, but my family isn't common."

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2018 9:13 pm**

"Was it just to...toughen you up, then? What was the general idea?"

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2018 9:58 pm**

"They want an heir who can accomplish their goals," Aiden said, "Genosha is ostensibly a meritocracy of sorts, so the only way forward is to be better than everyone else."

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2018 9:59 pm**

"I see.

Must be something of a culture shock, coming all the way out here then, yes?"

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2018 10:07 pm**

"It is very different here, yes," Aiden said in what most would call some kind of politically correct nonanswer.

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2018 10:19 pm**

"In a negative way, one would surmise?"

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2018 10:48 pm**

"Everything is so... disorganized and the cities are filthy," Aiden said trying to find the right words to describe his feelings. "This is the longest I've been outside Genosha and so far what I've learned is that humans are almost as horrible to one another as Genoshan news portrays them to be towards mutants."

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2018 11:05 pm**

"There is no unrest in Genosha proper?"

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2018 11:21 pm**

"People always chafe at rules and power structures," Aiden said noncommittally. "The needs of Genoshan citizens are provided for, so there tends to be little foothold for radical elements."

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2018 11:45 pm**

"And your glasses industry? It seems to be going quite well, producing rose-colored lenses at previously unknown rates."

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2018 11:58 pm**

"Come to Genosha and see for yourself," Aiden smiled. "Ill admit I'd certainly miss the sheer freedom people here seem to have."

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2018 12:30 am**

"There's always a tradeoff, isn't there? Between security and freedom?"

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2018 4:15 pm**

"Maybe someday somebody will figure out how to have both," Aiden said, "For now though I'd agree that you have to choose."

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2018 6:16 pm**

"And I've had quite enough of security for one lifetime, I'm afraid. That's why I'm here."

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2018 6:20 pm**

"To live dangerously and consort with Genoshan military? Maybe you should join the X-team program," Aiden smiled.

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2018 8:56 pm**

"I'm fairly certain Nika would kidnap me if I even so much as looked at the sign-up sheet. Plus, I don't exactly have an offensive powerset."

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2018 9:16 pm**

"That just means you stand out front and keep the less lustrous members of your squad safe," Aiden said, "As for Nika perhaps there are ways to persuade her?"

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2018 9:21 pm**

"If you think you can convince Nika that I should be used as a distraction and a target, I wish you all the well in the world. I'll be sure to send some flowers for your grave," she teased.

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2018 9:32 pm**

"You wound me with your lack of confidence in my abilities, Princess," Aiden said wryly placing a hand over his heart.

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2018 9:38 pm**

"I tell you what -- if you can convince Nika to give me any degree of freedom, I may just have to reward you," she grinned.

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2018 9:43 pm**

"A quest from a princess? How could I refuse?" Aiden smiled.

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2018 10:18 pm**

"Depends on how much of the dragon is still inside you," she laughed back.

Posted: **Fri Apr 06, 2018 2:44 pm**

"It was much simpler as a dragon," Aiden said, "You simply whisk the Princess away and I lack wings to do so."

Posted: **Fri Apr 06, 2018 6:52 pm**

"Well, keep hoping for that secondary mutation, and who knows what will occur?"

Posted: **Fri Apr 06, 2018 7:20 pm**

"And what would you hope for, Princess?" Aiden smiled.

Posted: **Sat Apr 07, 2018 3:52 am**

"Oh, no, I'me fine with just the one, thank you very much. Extra attention I don't need."

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