[Private] Indeed >: and sorry this took so long - was at a tennis tourny all weekend
I believe Kumara can keep my courtiers in check, and I left instructions he'll find. I didn't exactly.... tell them the way I planned to leave.
[It sort of hurt to admit that, a guilty thing that weighed on him heavily, but if he had warned them before hand then Kumara and his loyal soldiers no doubt would have attempted to stop him and undone everything. No, he had to do it the way he did, else they would have been stuck in that endless, pointless loop of blood and hopeless dreams.]
But I truly believe that it was time for the era of my family to end. The people were tired of war, as was I, and... one cannot keep chasing the carrot hung out before you nose. Soon enough to realize it will always be out of reach. So... I destroyed it, sent it crumbling down.
[Why he decided to tell Takami all of this was beyond him, but he felt he could trust this young man. And speaking of it... oh gods speaking of it was a relief he had not imagined.]