[music] Most people are. While I was studying abroad, no one cared who I was until they discovered my surname. So, now you want to deceive everyone for a short time. And how long is a short time? A king must know who truly stands beside him. I can’t discover that if everyone believes life around me is perfect.
You don’t have to pretend you can’t walk to learn that. No, I don’t believe I can learn it any other way because people are at their best when they want something. I need to see who they’ll become when they believe the future they imagined has suddenly changed. And if one of them is genuinely good, then I’ll know.
Because I need the truth. A truth that’s built on a lie. Sometimes people reveal who they really are only when they believe no one is watching. [laughter] There you are. I was beginning to think you’d forgotten how to smile. I haven’t. One more thing. What is it? Don’t overdo the act. You’re still Alexander.
