Brynne: I am your queen, long may I reign!
Aru: Well I didn't vote for you!
Brynne: You don't vote for queens.
Aru: Well how'd you become queen then?
Brynne: Nikki of the Lake, their arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Brynne, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your queen.
Aru: Listen. Strange people lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
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Aru: Brynne, certainly is NOT queen! That's MY role!
Aiden: But... There is no king-
Nikki: When did I become Nikki of the Lake? I am NIKKI OF THE FIRE!
Mini: Nikki.......No