You are complete in yourself. You need nothing from him; you never have. And he cannot understand it. You might as well put him in a lifeboat and set him adrift. He grasped at that royal order because to him you are like water slipping through his hands. He knew no other way to hold you—and,” he added, “I am not saying this is a good thing about him, but it is a true thing. I am assuming he has released you from the order since?”
