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Epiphany
Damage Control
The Prime Minister was insane.
Kanon Maldini knew this. He had known this ever since he had started working for Schneizel, so many months ago.
It wasn't that the Prince heard voices, or had irrational fears or became horribly obsessive. He just didn't care.
He didn't care about the lives he destroyed.
He didn't care how many people died.
He didn't care that his manipulations twisted people.
He didn't care that his own goals opposed the Emperor.
He just, frankly said, didn't give a fuck.
And that's what made him so dangerous. If he wanted something done, it was going to be done and god help anyone in his way.
Opposition from various manufacturers about his blatant Sakuradite misuse? The companies were brought low, bought out, their owners blackmailed or murdered, important employees and researchers stolen or coerced and suddenly there was no one opposing the great visionary, Prince Schneizel.
Some of his top researchers wanted some time off? Whole families disappeared or moved closer, drugs were secreted away in air supplies and food, threats were made, bribes handed out, buildings dropped off maps and became clandestine research labs, never to be left again.
Political dissidents? Poison, blackmail, lawsuits, espionage, threats once more, bribes, concessions, leniency on taxes, a thousand little things.
Tens of thousands danced to Prince Schniezel's merciless tune.
Prince Schneizel didn't care.
He paid Kanon Maldini to care for him.
Kanon was to be the sympathetic shoulder, the benevolent ear. He was the face of Prince Schneizel, when the Prince needed that human element he was so lacking.
And Kanon was good at it.
Twisting others to see his point of view, consoling those who had lost so much, gathering information and building relations. He was no soldier, not like Guilford or Rounds, but then again…
They were replaceable.
There were many fighters and pilots and generals and strategists if one only knew where to look.
But diplomats? Skilled diplomats like Kanon, oh so skilled in damage control and misdirection?
They were a rare breed.
He was needed. He was indispensable. It was the only reason Kanon could sleep when he knew Prince Schneizel was having him watched.
He still had time.
He was still useful.
AN: Am I the only one who Schneizel is a complete fucking sociopath?
Anyway, consider this Alternative Character Interpretation as to Kanon's role in Schneizel's entourage.
Read, enjoy and review.
~GrinGrin
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Written: 20/12/2013
Posted: 20/12/2013