LU 271 - Dr. Thornberry 74

I climbed out of the cave I had hidden in a few minutes prior, making sure Vert wasn’t in sight. I decided to walk back to Space’s house since it was close, but noticed Hallthorr on my way there. I tried to say hi, but he ended up rushing away. 
How odd. Deciding it would be best to see where he was headed, I followed him all the way to a house. After a quick look around, I bumped into Stanley- that one plumbing guy Space had hired.
We had a small chat, and he got visibly pissed at me about the war. It’s not my fault most of my soldiers got knocked out in the beginning of the fight. 
”That loss was just one part of this war overall. In fact, it doesn’t matter that I lost it, it doesn’t matter whether anyone was hurt during it. Because I don’t need any of you. I even said it at my campaign! It was there all along! ALL I WANT IS POWER. Isn’t it obvious? I don’t care about you, about Hallthorr, or about Space.”
Stanley looked shocked but I didn’t care. I’m not king anymore; there was no reason for me to hide my truths. Changing the subject, I asked to talk to Hallthorr, in which Stanley just replied I should go talk to him myself. Not the best house service I’ve ever gotten.
Hallthorr was an easy find though, Stanley had kept glancing in a certain direction the whole time we spoke. Not very secretive huh? Walking up to him, I took off my armor, trying to seem as genuine as I could. But he wasn’t having it. 
”I heard everything you said to Stanley you know. That you don’t actually care about me.”
”Well that’s not necessarily-“
He tries to shoo me out of his new little house with what I assumed was his boyfriend. I honestly couldn’t care less about the fact he was in a relationship. What bothered me the most was his sudden hesitance towards me. I never directly did anything to him. I was about to give him my last words and leave when he passed out. I couldn't even lie to this idiot anymore. So what if I didn't care about him, why does he care so much anyway?