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"My prince!" you shout "What on earth are you doing???"
In his hand the prince holds and long pointed knife, but it is not directed at you. Worse, he has turned the blade on himself! The sharp end held right at breast level, pointed towards his exposed chest!
"What does it look like fool! I'm going to plunge this dagger into my chest!"
"My prince! No!" You ready to lunge at the prince and stop his insanity! But the prince quickly takes a step back brings the dagger even closer to his chest!
"Back off! Take one more step and ill do it! You think I won't? Ill plunge this dagger right into my lung!"
"What ever is troubling you we can discus this please! Do not take your own life!"
The prince scoffs "Take my own life? Are you mad? I won't die to spit a DOG like YOU. I doubt a stab to my lung will kill me, but it will surely be the end of YOU!" Of course, you calm yourself. The prince is scheming something, there is no way the boy is suicidal. He simply loves himself too much to DIE. However, that doesn't mean he won't harm himself thinking he knows more then he does.
You keep him talking for now, and let him continue. "I know you have one of papa's magic healing elixirs secreted away with you, for situations just like this. I will survive long enough for you to administer it, and you will be the one who drove the prince to self harm! I doubt you will survive my mother let alone papa!"
"My prince" you say slowly "It is not so simple, the tonic is mostly designed to cure illnesses not wounds. When your wounds shut your lungs will still be deflated and full of blood. It won't work like you imagine. You will damage yourself irreparably." He is right of course, that you have the kings elixir with you in case something happens to the prince. But you have also been instructed on its uses. It is NOT a cure all, even the kings mighty alchemy cannot bring back the dead.
The prince however, does not take you for your word. "I will survive it, they can heal such things. Worse I will be on the mend for a year, but I am willing to take this risk! I WILL get that book. Nothing ventured! Nothing gained!"
You look around for anything you can use, perhaps you should shout to the guards for help.
"DON'T TRY IT!" the prince presses the blade against his flesh enough to draw a line of blood. "You shout to those guards ill plunge this blade into myself so help me. You try to run ill plunge this blade into myself. You try ANYTHING AT ALL, ill plunge this blade into myself."
