is he the jester? is his job to entertain? does it seem that soon enough it too will be his job to reign? over all that you see, over all that you know, as the king is slowly dying any moment he could go?
Has sweet memories come rushing back to him? Did he trace his fingers on those haggard walls within their keep? Was he exiled? And does it still stand? Has his duty called to him?
(tbh I kinda want to make a Jester animatic for this... but I just don't have the hardware.)