It's a possibility.It's also possible the choosing is simply random and they are taking advantage of it anyway, whether or not we are susceptible.
[Sorrow likewise would and had found it easy to use Kelson. He was prone to bouts of depression and self pity on good days, add a little prodding and he would be positively reduced to tears. It seemed for both of them, as life went on, they became more and more broken. He had been so confident and sure when he had first started as king. But as usual, life had its way.]
Yes. While not the most honorable means, it is a solution for them. Honor does not seem to have been a mitigating factor.
[He would have been happy to use it if he knew how she would have felt. Kelson was not used to having others be so, well, happy about having their mind manipulated. All his squires and scouts and the like knew it was a possibility when serving Kelson, that some thing additional might be required, but others were understandably apprehensive.
Probably because the Church had told them it was the Devil.]
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[Sorrow likewise would and had found it easy to use Kelson. He was prone to bouts of depression and self pity on good days, add a little prodding and he would be positively reduced to tears. It seemed for both of them, as life went on, they became more and more broken. He had been so confident and sure when he had first started as king. But as usual, life had its way.]
Yes. While not the most honorable means, it is a solution for them. Honor does not seem to have been a mitigating factor.
[He would have been happy to use it if he knew how she would have felt. Kelson was not used to having others be so, well, happy about having their mind manipulated. All his squires and scouts and the like knew it was a possibility when serving Kelson, that some thing additional might be required, but others were understandably apprehensive.
Probably because the Church had told them it was the Devil.]
What changed?
[Kelson asked, tilting his head in curiosity.]