"Cold and unfeeling and yet you have managed to wound me." he said as he clutched his heart dramatically. "I guess I am just going to be over here, all alone because I have no hope of ever competing with all the Counts and Princes."
He sat up and looked around the room in a bit agitation. "No. I.." he sighed. "I don't know, Tracey. It would be easy. I am trying so hard to stay out of everything..but my father and family.." He trailed off and leaned back again. "It is tough to stay neutral when the world expects certain things."