>>5655968Rham doesn’t react and his tone is flat and matter of fact. “We were expecting a diplomat, not the King of the Gerudo himself.”
“Ack, diplomats are not my way, I prefer to settle matters in person, man to man, king to king.” He says with a dismissive gesture. “I wish to see those who pursue treaties with me, to look them in the eye and measure their worth.” The King of the Gerudo’s locks eyes with King Rham and there is a long and tense moment as the two stare each other down. The moment is broken by Gannondorf who turns first, and lets out a loud peal of laughter “Ha, the Hylian King is a man of iron will I see. Good I can trust such man to be true to his word.”
“We Hylians value honor and integrity,” King Rham responds “We also value honesty and openness, so tell me King of the Gerudo why you have brought armed soldiers into my home.”
Gannondorf glances over his shoulder at his guards. “Fear not my intentions King of Hyrule. I wouldn’t have brought any guards, but my people’s concern for me is great and while I believe in YOUR good intentions my people still wished for me to be protected by a few guards.” He says a pleasant smile creasing his lips.
King Rham nods “Very well, but I would have them disarm while they are in the throne room. For my people also care very much for me and would feel threatened by so many armed individuals so close to their king.”
“I understand completely,” Gannondorf claps twice and half of the Gerudo hand their spears over to the other half, and the doubly armed contingent of guards leaves the hall. “Better? Now I do hope our two peoples can come to an agreement over this little border dispute. I would hate for more blood to be spilled between two such honorable peoples” The Gerudo King says bowing his head solemnly.
King Rham holds his hand up to stop the Gerudo King. “We can, but such matters should not be discussed in this manner. We will treat with you privately, in the council chambers, but we have a tradition in Hyrule to feed our guests before discussing business with them.”
“Fantastic, ha,” Gannondorf lets out another bark of laughter “I haven’t’ eaten since this morning and I am famished.”
The King nods and calls out to the master servant waiting in the hall. “Master servant serve our guests.” The Master servant nods and nervously sidles out the door past the unarmed Gerudo women.
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