' I want the corruption that killed the seventh prince to be in the permanent record attributed correctly.'
' I want the consort situation resolved in a way that doesn't leave anyone stranded.'
' I want to find the undocumented provincial bloodlines before someone else does.'
' I want Caius to have a choice about what his bloodline means rather than having it decided for him.'
She paused.
Wrote:
' I want to finish the working list.'
Looked at that line.
Added:
' And then I want to eat dinner at a table and sleep in a bed and not think about succession law for at least one full day.'
System made a sound from the corner of the desk that was the closest it came to a laugh.
She looked at it.
"Don't," she said.
"I didn't say anything," System said.
"You made a sound."
"I make sounds," System said serenely.
She looked back at the paper.
Wrote:
' What I do not want is the throne.'
Looked at that.
