Well, yes, and because... I rushed it. It's hard, changing the form of a government. I thought it wouldn't take long, but before Deerington, before Trench, I thought I would have to do this for ten, maybe more, years.

[ Being the king for that long was never his plan. He doesn't want to do it, no for a week let alone a decade.

But taking about Mako, that's easier. He smiles softly as his younger self lets go of Mako, squeezing his shoulders ]

It does. It was pretty inevitable, for me.