[Well, Camilla sometimes makes fun of him, but she's allowed. Still, the Sixth are not a bustling nest of vipers, like some of their imperial comrades; they just invented a whole culture around study group behavior, which does come with being a little awkward.
But first,] You didn't mention going to prison.
[Or anyone besides her sister, before this conversation; these two points of interest seem, hm, linked? Yikes. He's quiet for a moment, sympathetically so, before he figures he can just loop back around to the other thing, rather than go for the incredibly piercing question of 'What happened to your people?']
The Sixth allows anyone who meets the prerequisites to sit the exams, the practical trials, all of that; most people don't hit baseline for a few decades, but I'm goal-oriented. That didn't stop any of the 'little Sextus'll try taking the test to become Emperor next' jokes— that's what I meant.
And there isn't a test to become Emperor, for the record.
[But, like, he would whip ass at it, if there were? Details.]
This guy, the one who's got you out of sorts— this is the one who put you in prison?
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[Well, Camilla sometimes makes fun of him, but she's allowed. Still, the Sixth are not a bustling nest of vipers, like some of their imperial comrades; they just invented a whole culture around study group behavior, which does come with being a little awkward.
But first,] You didn't mention going to prison.
[Or anyone besides her sister, before this conversation; these two points of interest seem, hm, linked? Yikes. He's quiet for a moment, sympathetically so, before he figures he can just loop back around to the other thing, rather than go for the incredibly piercing question of 'What happened to your people?']
The Sixth allows anyone who meets the prerequisites to sit the exams, the practical trials, all of that; most people don't hit baseline for a few decades, but I'm goal-oriented. That didn't stop any of the 'little Sextus'll try taking the test to become Emperor next' jokes— that's what I meant.
And there isn't a test to become Emperor, for the record.
[But, like, he would whip ass at it, if there were? Details.]
This guy, the one who's got you out of sorts— this is the one who put you in prison?