☀️ Arselia and Akonia

- And in my childhood, I dreamed of becoming a dragon, but life decided otherwise. True love is not something that happens suddenly, but something that is built up over the years, so if she could not establish it with her spouse, then she would not be able to do so with anyone else.

-- Love is a two-way feeling, and both must make an effort. The first step on the path of these efforts is to at least try to understand the other person's feelings. Trying to understand is incompatible with ultimatums. It's simple.

- Well, answer me in the context of the situation we are discussing, why make things so complicated? Let's say that, with all other conditions and parameters of the relationship and shared past remaining the same, your suzerain was a man, not a woman, and tomorrow he tells you that he is taking you as his wife, how would you act in such a situation, and what emotions would you experience?

-- This is a completely different situation compared to what the queen-singer had, and in general, the level of fantasy in it is off the charts, but how could I refuse? It is better, however, not to conduct such thought experiments; I serve whom I serve, and the Suzerain is She who She is.

-- And I don't see any complications here; in my opinion, my motivation is as simple as it can be.

- But isn't it our duty to demand something else from him? If you have a gluttonous friend who suffers from weight problems, indulging his bad habits would be a betrayal from the point of view of friendship. Even if you are friends, telling him that he looks great and that there is nothing wrong with his lifestyle will help preserve your friendship, but it will harm him, not benefit him.

-- It depends on many factors; I could say it, I could not. In an ideal case, I would consider the option of inspiring this person who is important to me to get rid of his habit, in such a way that he does not feel pressure and considers it his own decision. But it is not my duty; I am not a gendarme to my friends; it is just something that would give me pleasure.

To be honest, I don't understand what you are trying to say here. It's probably something cultural.

-- Perhaps.

"The concept of feelings is not clear to him; that's interesting."

But let's leave it at that.

"Well, of course, I will fight for my own until the end, because my honor is in them, and you know that. It is more reasonable to surrender immediately."

In that case, don't be surprised if some regions of the empire decide to separate from the empire and go their own way. If each person has the freedom you describe, then a group of people does too, right?

-- Do you have such plans? Well, generalizing personal freedoms to politics does not always work, so... Who knows? If we think in terms of the good of all, then it is obvious that in different situations, it is possible to do things differently.