She is just a queen trying to feed her people in a frozen wasteland. He is just a soldier realizing his general is a liar.
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The Hero, Sir Aldric, arrived not with a drawn sword, but with a single white clover pinched between his gauntleted fingers. She is just a queen trying to feed