“Well…the king is obliged to grant any oathcoin boon asked of him, true. But once he has done so, the king may then have the person who asked killed or tortured, if he thinks the demand was too great, or too impertinent.” “He’d…he’d have them executed?” I asked, shocked. Malo shrugged. “He is king. There is no law saying he cannot do so. He is the law, for he is the crown.”
