Late 1388, and after.
(written for strangeparticles on Tumblr and the prompt: 'things you said that I wish you hadn't')
Interviews with the Louisiana PD, 2012.
Ned and Hal meet again after a battle, in another London street.
John Barwyk has better things to do than wait for a man to die, and yet here he is.
What would you have me do? I am a subject,
And challenge law: attorneys are denied me.
Henry of Lancaster has had ample time to think over what he wants and what he intends to do. Not that this is a whole lot of help.
Henry Bolingbroke is an absurdly youthful jousting champion and a man of few words. But his cousin is King of England, so that has to count for something.
Aumerle doesn't kill his king, but he can't save him, either.
No man has aught of what he leaves.
You have misled a prince, a royal king,
A happy gentleman in blood and lineaments,
By you unhappied and disfigur'd clean...
Henry thinks he's being helpful. How cute.
It's not so hard, making time for one another, provided you're flexible.