Daishoga laughed sarcastically. The sound filled the room. It was a laugh that would have definitely been fitting of the reputation that preceded him. He turned and looked at Sage intently. "And just like that, we're back to our roles that society has given us. No fanfare. No trumpets. No red carpet. Just back to the status quo. It's...amusing. When I was making love to you, I forgot. I forgot these castle walls. I forgot my station. I forgot your station. I forgot our histories. I forgot our conflicts. I forgot everything. There was nothing else but a man and a woman in their most natural moment.Neither side was subservient to the other. Both had something to gain that only the other could provide. It was a moment of true equality."<br/><br/>He realized what he was saying; he was supposed to be free to speak his mind with her. But what was he really saying? He didn't want her to be his personal servant? It was ludicrous. She hadn't chosen this position. It had been forced upon her. Perhaps his mind was still clouded from the pleasure he had just experienced. Nothing seemed to be making sense. It was time to make sense. It was time to accept reality. A reality he had created.<br/><br/>"....I'm sorry," Daishoga said, finally. "In another lifetime...you would have been my wife." It was an arrogant statement to make, but one he believed in fully. He climbed out of the bed and made his way over to a large closet. he pulled from within the confines a set of robes and set of undergarments and dressed himself. Once he was done dressing himself, he walked over to her. "My day is going to be pretty busy as I prepare to receive Reltica's envoy. I want you to go help Gando. Do whatever he asks of you and do not question him. Am I understood?"<br/><br/>And just like that, he was the cold emperor. Just like that he had shut down the emotions that had somehow made it past his ironclad defenses. He couldn't allow himself to be weak around her any longer. She was his personal servant and that was as far as things needed to go. She had given him physical satisfaction, but he couldn't allow that to affect him as much as he seemed to allow it.<br/><br/>"You'll find Gando in the third room on the right hand side of this hallway." And without waiting for a proper response to anything he had just said, the emperor left her alone to her thoughts. He hoped his actions in this moment would make her despise him. Perhaps it would be easier for them both that way.