
I swear, give a boy a crown, and he’s the King of the world.
Yes, I realize how that sounds.
But really, the boy may have been born a prince, but he was raised in town, not in the castle. He was raised under my care. Really, take a look at how lonely he is without me

The fog rolls around him as he kneels, head back, knowing he’s all alone.
What does it matter if I pretended to kill Hothead? You never planned on taking the credit anyway! And what did killing Hothead gain me? A higher status. And what was I able to do with a higher status? Drinking my way through the bar was certainly fun, but whenever I wasn’t doing that, I could walk the castle.
Nowadays, Hal thinks he’s so smart. But his wits still do not match mine. Having free rein of the castle meant more time with him. Is it so much to think that that is why I took credit for old Hothead?
But no, that was not enough. That Hal that use to 
no longer existed. He became ashamed of his boyhood because he became ashamed of me! And his boyhood was nothing without me. I gave him love. Not only my own, that that of others! His people would not love him if I hadn’t raised him.
And all that I can say, if this is how he reacted when his biological father died

Then he must be unfuncitonable nowadays.

He’s suffering through life without me. He’ll come back.