"I would guess that what I feel for you is perhaps more -- what I might feel for a distant cousin, or another village of my Barony, into which I was born in this world, if I met someone like that for the first time after some centuries.  I did learn of some sons of my body, but they were powerless and from the first moments of meeting them it was evident they were not suited to power.  I feel less for you than a father should for a daughter; more for you, I think, than I felt for my sons."

"I do know, because it is obvious, that there is a choice between protecting you from harm, and seeing what becomes of you when you grow, for you will not grow here if protected.  Even normal fathers must be faced with that choice.  And by making you a Princess I have already chosen the latter; that is what I seem to feel for my found tribemate, a desire to see what becomes of them when they are grown."

"I would guess that what I feel for you is perhaps more -- what I might feel for a distant cousin, or a villager from another village of my Barony, into which I was born in this world, if I met someone like that for the first time after some centuries.  I did learn of some sons of my body, but they were powerless and from the first moments of meeting them it was evident they were not suited to power.  I feel less for you than a father should for a daughter; more for you, I think, than I felt for my sons."

"I do know, because it is obvious, that there is a choice between protecting you from harm, and seeing what becomes of you when you grow, for you will not grow here if protected.  Even normal fathers must be faced with that choice.  And by making you a Princess I have already chosen the latter; that is what I seem to feel for my found tribemate, a desire to see what becomes of them when they are grown."

"I would guess that what I feel for you is perhaps more -- what I might feel for a distant cousin.  Or a villager from another village of my Barony, into which I was born in this world, if I met someone like that for the first time after some centuries.  I did learn of some sons of my body, after they were grown, but they were powerless and from the first moments of meeting them it was evident they were not suited to power.  I feel less for you than a father should for a daughter; more for you, I think, than I felt for my sons."

"I do know, because it is obvious, that there is a choice between protecting you from harm, and seeing what becomes of you when you grow, for you will not grow here if protected.  Even normal fathers must be faced with that choice.  And by making you a Princess I have already chosen the latter; that is what I seem to feel for my found tribemate, a desire to see what becomes of them when they are grown."

"I would guess that what I feel for you is perhaps more -- what I might feel for a distant cousin.  Or a villager born of the same village into which I was born in this world, if I met someone like that for the first time after some centuries.  I did learn of some sons of my body, after they were grown, but they were powerless and from the first moments of meeting them it was evident they were not suited to power.  I feel less for you than a father should for a daughter; more for you, I think, than I felt for my sons."

"I do know, because it is obvious, that there is a choice between protecting you from harm, and seeing what becomes of you when you grow, for you will not grow here if protected.  Even normal fathers must be faced with that choice.  And by making you a Princess I have already chosen the latter; that is what I seem to feel for my found tribemate, a desire to see what becomes of them when they are grown."

"I would guess that what I feel for you is perhaps more -- what I might feel for a distant cousin.  Or a villager born of the same village into which I was born, if I met someone like that for the first time after some centuries.  I did learn of some sons of my body, after they were grown, but they were powerless and from the first moments of meeting them it was evident they were not suited to power.  I feel less for you than a father should for a daughter; more for you, I think, than I felt for my sons."

"I do know, because it is obvious, that there is a choice between protecting you from harm, and seeing what becomes of you when you grow, for you will not grow here if protected.  Even normal fathers must be faced with that choice.  And by making you a Princess I have already chosen the latter; that is what I seem to feel for my found tribemate, a desire to see what becomes of them when they are grown."