Ahh, so Wilhelm wasn't expecting that kind of magic from Kelson. Kelson didn't know why he was surprised, it wasn't as if he had been upfront about his abilities. Even here he was still pretty guarded. He wondered how he would feel about him if he learned everything. His own people were scared of him, he hated to think that Wilhelm might be too.

He noted how the other paused, played with his words, trying to match words to thoughts that he hadn't prepared.

"And how well do you think this cousin would do? Someone who hadn't been prepared for the throne, who hadn't been taught. Someone plucked out of the family tree for no other reason than an accident of their birth and a tragedy that befell the family."

He could tell Wille exactly how well that would have worked. Kelson had just finished beheading his cousin before he had been summoned here. He took a breath, forcing himself to relax and not be King of Gwynedd right now.

" Why do you think your own kingdom is running better, or as usual, without you?"