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...I need to talk to you. It's not really all that important, but if you have a few minutes...

[It's unlike Robin to willingly talk to anyone royal, let alone the once and future king of his own country, but here he is.]

[ it's not really important, he says, but considering Robin's normal way of doing things,it's hard not to wonder.

Nevertheless, Arthur doesn't jump on him with questions of suspicion or concern. It's a rather simple response, but he makes the attempt to sound as welcoming of whatever the conversation topic is as he can with it. ]

Of course. I have plenty of time to spare, I assure you. Is this method fine, or did you wish to speak in person?

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Oh...no, this is fine with me.

[It's something of a courtesy, actually, given Robin's propensity for murdering kings.]

I'm a little surprised you agreed so quickly.

[He grew up with the legends of King Arthur, of course. He'd made role models of the Knights of the Round Table as a child; it was part of what crafted his desire for justice. Those stories, in retrospect, only made reality more of a disappointment.

And if he weren't so jaded, he'd be awed at even the chance to speak to the Once and Future King of Britain.]

[ ironically, Arthur would understand very well that disappointment considering how things fell apart in the end. After all, wasn't a world with no war, no despair and no death the Camelot he longed for? Was it not the reality of being betrayed by a best friend and by his own blood that left him reaching out to the World as his life was bleeding out of him to ask for another chance to make Camelot right—]

Oh? Were you expecting me to turn you away for some reason?

[ He can't help but ask, vaguely aware it may be for several reasons. Considering they all mean Arthur has to think of himself as a king (which he no longer does with him ultimately failing Camelot and her people when the reality of the Grail manifested itself), however, he's less willing to consider them suitable guesses. ]

...Well, you've seen me at my worst.

[Robin is talking about the dreamscape, that horrible alternate world. Because even if it didn't happen, he knows that it could've. That it would've, if he'd lived long enough and been more successful, if the corruption festering so deeply in the nobility didn't die of fright.]

[ Arthur's smile is thin, and although the friendliness doesn't change his words have weight to them. Sincerity and kindness, but with the weight of full knowledge that this is no light-hearted situation to simply dismiss. ( He is always incredibly forgiving, even when he shouldn't be. There are major flaws that come in the disguised form of simple excessive virtue, after all. ) ]

Yet, you could also say for that very reason, I can certainly welcome you more openly now than anyone, right?

... If that's your worst, then I'm clearly at the advantage. [ the last part is said in light humor, attempting to ease things despite already a pretty heavy topic brought up. ]

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video; omg I totally forgot I didn't reply D:

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