You really think I would have just let you starve yourself to death?!
[He is free of all of that now, isn't he? It's questionable if he'll be welcomed back at all--and even if he is, who knows what role he'll be reassigned to? A family chef, maybe? Still a personal attendant, but responsible for a sibling less important than the next chosen heir?
But either way, that's not the point, is it? That's never been what he's actually needed to be free from. Who cares about spending time in the kitchen or getting ill a few times? He can easily deal with a hazardous and demanding job, if it means every day doesn't feel like he's killing his own heart inch by inch.]
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[He is free of all of that now, isn't he? It's questionable if he'll be welcomed back at all--and even if he is, who knows what role he'll be reassigned to? A family chef, maybe? Still a personal attendant, but responsible for a sibling less important than the next chosen heir?
But either way, that's not the point, is it? That's never been what he's actually needed to be free from. Who cares about spending time in the kitchen or getting ill a few times? He can easily deal with a hazardous and demanding job, if it means every day doesn't feel like he's killing his own heart inch by inch.]