A/N: So. I've been reading Merlin fanfiction and decided some dialogue was in order. Here's some Princes of Archenland for you, sometime during Golden Age. :) Enjoy.

6.

"Corin?"

"Mm?"

"Why do you suppose we're here?"

"Because we were born."

"But why? No—I didn't mean that, but why us and not someone else? And really, what are we? What if we're not us, but someone else instead?"

"…."

"I mean, I could've been anyone. You could've been anyone. Why here and now and us?"

"…because."

"Because? That's not an answer!"

"I wasn't finished. Because…we are."

"….thanks. A lot."

"Mm. Anytime. Now leave me alone. I'm trying to sleep here."

"I was being sarcastic. You're no help."

"Mm."

"D'you suppose we're here for a reason? That our fates are predetermined and no matter what we do we'll always end up on the path we're meant to follow?"

"Yes. No. Does it really matter?"

"Well it should."

"Well it doesn't."

"Typical."

"Bookish."

"Nitwit."

"….now that's cruel, Cor."

"S'true. You don't seem to have an opinion on anything."

"I have opinions on who needs to be knocked down. Just hope I'm too comfortable here on the grass to follow them through."

"Oh yes. On the grass. With flowers in your hair."

"You're one to talk. How princely you look with that daisy crown."

"Shut up."

"Why?"

"Because."

"…because you rather like it since it was made for you personally by a certain pretty girl with cinnamon skin? Ow—hey!"

"You're not the only one who can knock people down, you know!"

"Mmhmm."

"You don't sound convinced."

"I'm not."

"…I'm not speaking to you, Corin."

"Good. By the way, since when are you imitating Aravis?"

"Right, that's it. Get up."

"No."

"…would you get up if I told you it was predestined that you did?"

"No."

"…if I threatened to start on logic and rhetoric?"

"…Cor. Why must our arguments always end in you getting knocked down?"

"Because you can't fight with words and must resort to brutal force."

"Right. That's it. You might want to start coming up with something to tell Father about why you've got a bloody nose."

"I haven't got a bloody nose."

"Yet."