[ oh shit she's read comics like this. pleasure slaves! debauched orgies in palace gardens! highly fictionalized, in gideon's universe, although maybe they do that kind of stuff at certain third house parties. that seems like their style, actually. ]

So... what you're saying is that you're the Prince of Porno-land. Hentai-ville. The Kingdom of Fucksberg.

[ it's so far from the realities of the ninth house that it just sounds like a total fantasy, cooked up by an erotic serial writer. gideon would've subscribed instantly to that publication. the slavery bit's probably bad, though.

as for the absence of a necromancer, ]

Yeah, I've heard that one every day since I was born. Necros are the prize of their Houses, yadda yadda. All their marriages and stuff are specially arranged to make the most of the bloodlines, anybody without ability might as well go die in a ditch! Unless they're good with a sword.

You know, it's actually extremely typical of her to not be where I need her. I'd almost think she's doing it on purpose, since she's a horrible bitch most of the time. Like 99.9% of the time. Finding ways to ruin my day is a basic tenet of her personality.

[ wait wasn't she going to not talk about harrowhark, why is she talking about harrowhark

the very idea of a regent is absurd to gideon, but then the emperor undying is so called because he's literally immortal. there's also some flaw in laurent's logic, about how someone could be 'meant' to be a king as if it were a hereditary trait like being born a necro, but what does gideon know. laurent sounds very certain. ]

So some guy just sits on the throne and keeps it warm for you? And he's just gonna get up and retire on the day of your birthday?