I'd really like to go with you, Agachak. Truly I would...but I just can't."
"I don't understand. Why not?"
"I'm not allowed to leave home. My mother'd punish me something awful if I did..."
"But you're the king."
"That doesn't change a thing. I still do what mother says. She tells everybody that I'm the best boy ever when it comes to that."
Agachak resisted a powerful urge to change this half-wit into a toad or perhaps a jellyfish."
"I don't understand. Why not?"
"I'm not allowed to leave home. My mother'd punish me something awful if I did..."
"But you're the king."
"That doesn't change a thing. I still do what mother says. She tells everybody that I'm the best boy ever when it comes to that."
Agachak resisted a powerful urge to change this half-wit into a toad or perhaps a jellyfish."
( David Eddings )
[ Sorceress of Darshiva ]
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