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Panel 1
JUSTIN: Without the designated heir, Lord Hawthorne can invoke the Lesser Challenge. I'm sure he will, given the chance.
Panel 2
RUNE: And your--er, that is... Lord Redley won't let him take the throne without a fight.
Panel 3
JUSTIN: Thus the civil war. I just hope we can get there in time.
Panel 4
RUNE: Why is that wood floats, while rocks sink?
Panel 5
JUSTIN: Things are the way they are. You may as well ask why the moon changes shape or the sun moves across the sky.
Panel 8
RUNE: Why do they?
JUSTIN: Without the designated heir, Lord Hawthorne can invoke the Lesser Challenge. I'm sure he will, given the chance.
Panel 2
RUNE: And your--er, that is... Lord Redley won't let him take the throne without a fight.
Panel 3
JUSTIN: Thus the civil war. I just hope we can get there in time.
Panel 4
RUNE: Why is that wood floats, while rocks sink?
Panel 5
JUSTIN: Things are the way they are. You may as well ask why the moon changes shape or the sun moves across the sky.
Panel 8
RUNE: Why do they?