Iskandar sat up and nodded slowly. He understood now! ...or at least he thought he did - which was the same thing, at least in his mind.
"Ah, you feel as though I have invaded your privacy," he nodded slowly, bringing a hand up to stroke his beard. "But if I may point out to you - those lines are blurred for us. We are Servant and Master, you and I; just in case you've forgotten. We should not have such concepts of privacy and there should be no secrets between us. It would be poison for our partnership, and it would eventually lead to our undoing.
"Additionally, again in case you've forgotten, I am ISKANDAR! KING OF CONQUERORS! Boundaries mean little to me as a rule. Another word for 'conqueror' is indeed 'invader'. It is in my nature to move forward, never retreat. Regardless of whether I am on the battlefield or in matters of emotions. I will not retreat in either case.
"FURTHERMORE, if I may offer my opinion," ...which he was going to do anyway, regardless of whether or not it was necessarily wanted... "People of your time are too guarded. You shy away from emotions and matters of the heart out of fear. I SAY UNTO ALL OF THIS TIME PERIOD! DO NOT FEAR YOUR EMOTIONS, FOR THEY ARE WHAT FUELS YOU, WHAT MAKES YOU STRONG!! BE NOT A SLAVE TO YOUR FEAR!"
The gospel according to Iskandar, King of Conquerors.
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"Ah, you feel as though I have invaded your privacy," he nodded slowly, bringing a hand up to stroke his beard. "But if I may point out to you - those lines are blurred for us. We are Servant and Master, you and I; just in case you've forgotten. We should not have such concepts of privacy and there should be no secrets between us. It would be poison for our partnership, and it would eventually lead to our undoing.
"Additionally, again in case you've forgotten, I am ISKANDAR! KING OF CONQUERORS! Boundaries mean little to me as a rule. Another word for 'conqueror' is indeed 'invader'. It is in my nature to move forward, never retreat. Regardless of whether I am on the battlefield or in matters of emotions. I will not retreat in either case.
"FURTHERMORE, if I may offer my opinion," ...which he was going to do anyway, regardless of whether or not it was necessarily wanted... "People of your time are too guarded. You shy away from emotions and matters of the heart out of fear. I SAY UNTO ALL OF THIS TIME PERIOD! DO NOT FEAR YOUR EMOTIONS, FOR THEY ARE WHAT FUELS YOU, WHAT MAKES YOU STRONG!! BE NOT A SLAVE TO YOUR FEAR!"
The gospel according to Iskandar, King of Conquerors.