[the line has the effect of almost immediately causing felix to stand up, scowling, anger flashing in his eyes.]
I'm no Duke.
[he spits the words out, rushing right by the reason why the statement inflamed him in the first place. he would have been, wouldn't he? and now he never will. good. good riddance. let it die, too.]
And don't act like the boar has ever led our army in any way other than as its beastly figurehead.
[but even incensed, the thought worms his brain. that dimitri--this other dimitri. what did he do?]
no subject
I'm no Duke.
[he spits the words out, rushing right by the reason why the statement inflamed him in the first place. he would have been, wouldn't he? and now he never will. good. good riddance. let it die, too.]
And don't act like the boar has ever led our army in any way other than as its beastly figurehead.
[but even incensed, the thought worms his brain. that dimitri--this other dimitri. what did he do?]