"No, no," Henry insisted. "If there was anything that frustrated me most as a ruler, it was when I did not know all of the facts of a situation. Thank you for your candor."
He was lost in thought as the first plates were cleared away. "All that really should be a book or something. And I assume your life is much less harrowing these days?"
"I don't have a tale quite that interesting, especially as everyone seems to know my story, even beyond what I got to live."