Yes, it was definitely Kaiden's excellent conversation skills and not the mermanta's phlegmatic disposition that kept their interaction courteously civil. One point to team mershark!
As Hadama was discovering, the title of 'King' largely meant 'the one who makes the decisions other people don't want to,' but the position had been left unfilled for far too long. He still wasn't used to the reactions he received when others realized who he was, and Kaiden's surprise was no different. He watched in bemusement as wide-eyed confusion led to a question that might have drawn a laugh from him if he'd known the other man better.
As it was, he nodded slowly in acknowledgment of the assumption, if not agreement with it. "I can travel faster than they can," he explained, matter-of-factly. "And if our people had come to harm here, I would need to deal with Sunjata directly." Not necessarily with violence, but there would certainly have been repercussions for the Flood.
And besides, the palace staff was sadly denuded since the Mer had been without a ruler for so long. Hadama had few enough aides to rely on, and every one was busy with other tasks in the wake of the War.
As Hadama was discovering, the title of 'King' largely meant 'the one who makes the decisions other people don't want to,' but the position had been left unfilled for far too long. He still wasn't used to the reactions he received when others realized who he was, and Kaiden's surprise was no different. He watched in bemusement as wide-eyed confusion led to a question that might have drawn a laugh from him if he'd known the other man better.
As it was, he nodded slowly in acknowledgment of the assumption, if not agreement with it. "I can travel faster than they can," he explained, matter-of-factly. "And if our people had come to harm here, I would need to deal with Sunjata directly." Not necessarily with violence, but there would certainly have been repercussions for the Flood.
And besides, the palace staff was sadly denuded since the Mer had been without a ruler for so long. Hadama had few enough aides to rely on, and every one was busy with other tasks in the wake of the War.
