[ A part of him wants to say hang the rest of the kingdoms, he's going home. But he can't do that. He has a duty now and a responsibility. He'd never really be able to face himself if he just ran away from it.

That's his problem, of course. Too honorable for his own good, just like his father. ]

Let me sleep on it. I'll... probably go around and show my face, if only so I can speak to them all in person. I can get the measure of them, at least. It isn't like I'll be spending that much time down here in the future anyway.