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[Belated soiree continuations for Rakushun, because wow those posts got huge while I was busy]

Mm, I enjoy the opportunity to meet with new people that I wouldn't see in the ordinary course of things. There's a certain energy to large groups like this. Besides, if I have to be here, there's no sense in not making the most of it.

Hmm. What is your normal occupation?

I'm just a student, for now.

I could say the same. What do you study?

A bit of everything, at the moment - history, politics, law, and so forth. We're expected to know at least a little of everything before we specialize further. Yourself?

I am a student of law. Who is the "we" of which you speak?

The other students at the university, that is.

*nods*

Which university?

The university in En - there's only one university per kingdom, you see, so they don't have particular names the way schools in other worlds seem to.

*the subject of kingdoms seems to catch his interest*

All nations in your world are ruled as monarchies?

They are, yes.

How stable are the governments?

It depends on the kingdom, really. For example, the king of En has reigned for over five hundred years, but the king of Kou has only recently fallen - it will be some time before Kou is stable again. Kei just had a new king take the throne, and so on.

*a sharp look -- not vicious but merely that of an alert mind*

The same king?

Of En, yes. Kings are immortal, so long as they rule well and justly.

By whose judgment?

That of the heavens. If one doesn't break with the mandate of heaven - protects his or her people, maintains order, and so on - one remains king. If a king abuses their power or breaks the rules set forth for monarchs, they've lost that right.

*goes quiet, thinking this over. clearly not bothered by allowing the lull in conversation*

[Waiting patiently to see what he has to say]

Has anyone, either a king or the people, ever challenged heaven?

It depends on how you mean it. There are pretenders to empty thrones all the time, and even the best kings fall eventually.

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