The Fortress of Meropide is an autonomous entity. I can do as I please. Be a good boy and I won't.
[ ...That's better. His prior sense of unease dissolves. Lyney isn't being harassed by anyone, and he'll tell him if it should come to that. Their interactions haven't formed the barrier he might have imagined. And he's made it crystal clear what happens when you sass the Duke. It's for his own good, but Wriothesley can't picture himself being able to convince Lyney of that--and besides, it's his turn to do a little teasing. ]
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[ ...That's better. His prior sense of unease dissolves. Lyney isn't being harassed by anyone, and he'll tell him if it should come to that. Their interactions haven't formed the barrier he might have imagined. And he's made it crystal clear what happens when you sass the Duke. It's for his own good, but Wriothesley can't picture himself being able to convince Lyney of that--and besides, it's his turn to do a little teasing. ]