Saiunkoku: The Age of Silver: Feed Them On Your Dreams

[branchandroot]

Fic post from my archive.

Feed Them On Your Dreams

The Emperor is dying; Seien talks with both his fathers. Drama with Angst, I-4 (Significant Novel Spoilers)

Seien's anger made his voice a growl. "You spent years and years fighting to reunify the country, to break the power of the great clans until imperial law ruled everywhere again." His control slipped and he slammed a hand against the wall. "And you almost lost it all just because you ignored what was happening in your own inner courts! Why?!"

Comments

[branchandroot]

Thank you!

I'm kind of fascinated by Senka; he seems to have changed a lot between his young days and the time when his kids started being born. But all we get are hints and implications.

*pets Seien* Yeah, I think he may have added to "protect the kids" a certain amount of "and don't screw up like the last one!". I don't think he would let Shouka kill for him, though. *wry* If only because, once his blood is up, he'd rather do it for himself.

[grey-damaskena.livejournal.com]

There's always that. ::nods:: And hopefully the country has progressed to the point where an assassin on-call is no longer necessary . . .