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...so if she ever does anything that translates to proxy rape for you. Or at least compulsory voyeurism. Disturbing, to say the least.
Or, maybe not. In our experience, whenever our past wielders got particularly amorous, we would black out and wake up after the action. So perhaps you'll be spared.
Oh gods, that went south quickly.
Okay, possibly, if you refuse, you lose face, and offend the tigerfolk king, relations with the human kingdom deteriorate. Or possibly there's no consequence.
If you accept, and win there are several possible outcomes. You could impress the tigerfolk with human strength and relations improve. You could humiliate the tigerfolk and make things worse. Or you could win and your own tigerfolk heritage get revealed, putting you in a very awkward position (does that make you Queen?).
If you win and lose, it might have no political effect, since you're just one lowly recruit. Although you might get in trouble for doing something so stupid when you get home. You could also worsen diplomatic relations, confirming that even human knights are weak. And again, you heritage could come out (...what if a female tiger challenging a male and losing leads to ritual, um, submission?).
He's very powerful, and seems to be a chosen of the fire dragon. To fight back, we'd almost certainly have to use the shadow powers we got from Ombra. He may recognize another dragon's power, which could expose that secret.
There's also the fact that he is having an effect on you. Not a great idea to fight in those conditions.
The other question is what the human king hopes to accomplish here. Was the delivery set up just to get you here? Does he expect you to fight? Does he expect you to win? We're really not sure what the maneuver is here!
I dunno, I just see so many ways a fight could go wrong. I think evading might be a better option.
"I am a knight on a diplomatic mission, your highness. I'm not sure my King would appreciate my meeting a foreign Sovereign in battle under those circumstances."
Or we could always take the classic military cop out. Pass the buck up the chain of command. Turn to Maggie, ask "sir?".
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