"That is what a sensible king would do. I am asking you what he'd do, being the kind of griffon he is." That gave Handy reason to pause. Joachim was a surprisingly dedicated and practical king when it boiled down to it, but that very same morning he saw Cecilia flee his room he had seen him burn away months, perhaps years of meticulous research notes and evidence of all the foibles and weaknesses of everyone of import within the kingdom. He literally threw away all the power and wealth that would have flowed his way to show that 'he was not his brother'. A man like that might do something foolish if he learned he had a child. You know, like try to somehow take responsibility for it despite the fact the mother was already married and her husband thought it was his. That could get bad fast.