You deserve at least that much. [For putting up with him and his trolling habits, his inability to open up to others, his nightmares and his strange behavior, everything.

He takes a deep breath before continuing, because even with his illness making him more willing to talk than he is normally, this still isn't something he likes to discuss.]

My father had a younger brother, Archduke Cerdic-- my uncle. Due to his royal blood, he was given prestige, power, and wealth from the day of his birth... he had everything he could possibly have needed, but even that was not enough for him. What he desired most was to be king.