Oh, joyful judge. He grows stronger each day, yet use his power as fools. He bowed to another whom the his Loves would never. Now he is caught in a war, back turned to the ones who saved him, face down to the choices he makes.
As the story speeds on, reality crawls. They have not chosen yet their queen. She stood there in the spotlight. Her beauty made him uncomfortable. Does he see that his queen needs to be replaced? Her beauty made him leave the room and he returns, another night, to Vashti.