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[Right][color=996515][sub]Location — The Grand City of Atutania[/sub][/color]
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[indent][indent]Zyran considered the commoner for a moment. It wasn't like him to take them into any kind of consideration. Zyran was who he was. He was a prince and one who thought of himself above everyone else. His skills proved as much. He could've shot four arrows at four different targets and hit them dead center. Bullseye right on the money, but he chose not to not because he couldn't but because a point needed to be made.

The same could be said about how he chose to respond to the commoner who approached him. He didn't spare any feelings and he gave her the kind of response he would give anyone — archer or not — that asked him any sort of question like it. And her response to that was...intriguing. It was true: a crossbow in the hands of a commoner didn't compare to his longbow and with his training. And yet...

Her form put the smallest of a thought in Zyran's mind, often consumed with his own skill and with the demeaning of others, Zyran felt a surge of...[i]something[/i] seeing her draw the crossbow. It almost seemed on par with how he drew his own longbow. 

Curse all that is holy in the name of the Siada family, he couldn't keep being [i]that[/i] mean. What kind of future ruler would he be if he treated a commoner without [i]some[/i] respect? No, respect isn't the right word. That has to be earned. Decency. That's it. That's the word and that's what he'll show her.

[color=996515]"Hm. I admire your ability to find value in such a elementary tool. And, if I am to understand correctly, it must not be top shelf materials that made that crossbow, yet you draw it back as if it were."[/color] The Prince smiled and this time there was no malice, at least ten percent less entitlement behind it. [color=996515]"Might I ask how long you [i]have[/i] been an...archer? I know you said 'all my life', but certainly you didn't exit your mother's womb with a crossbow in hand."[/color] He asked, though it pained him to attach the name of archer to someone using a crossbow. 

He would give himself a pat on the back for making attempts to be...not as entitled. If stories of what happened here reached home, that would bode well of him being ruler. Someone of his stature who treated a commoner with decency, that would bode well. It would make for great stories in taverns. The Egomaniac, Prince Zyran, showing decency to a commoner. He is truly great! He deserves to rule!

Zyran liked this idea and he will continue to show more decency...if it benefitted him, of course.[/indent][/indent][/color]