Difficult Choices

It is in the darkest moments where sacrifice must be made that the strong strive. It is better to make the difficult decision than to make none at all. Only the weak hesitate, sitting on the fence. When presented with an opportunity one must snatch it in an instant. Today I was present when my garrison broke the line and defeated the French invaders. Scattered, and without formation, my soldiers made quick work of the men. It wasn't long before I had both the mad King Lear and the banished Princess Cordelia.

Whatever positions Cordelia and King Lear held in the past no longer matters. She is an foreign invader, and he an accomplice plagued with insanity. So long as I am your Earl, I will stand strong against any threats to my land. The land I worked so hard to achieve. Mercy, is for the senile, and sometimes one must take charge when those above him cannot do what is necessary.

I meet with Albany and the princesses in a couple of hours.
By then, those who have been a threat to the people will have been dealt with.

-Edmund