Kilimun and Gerothenes

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Hello, Sounisians! I bring questions!!

 

Quite honestly, I’ve wondered about the story of Kilimun and Gerothenes from the first time I read KoA – but I’ve never gotten around to asking. Yaaaay for procrastination.

 

First of all, Phresine obviously means to say something to Gen, but what is it? I’ve tossed around ideas, but none of them really match up. And do the characters match up to people in the story? The line, “I think the difference lies in the choice” makes me wonder if Gerothenes is Gen, who chose to be with Irene knowing he was giving up his freedom. But then that brings up the ending. Gerothenes does help Kilimun remember his promise, and Kilimun becomes a better person because of it, but if that’s the case, where is the moral? That’s reiterating things we already know. I don’t know about Kilimun as Gen, either, because the most important lesson that Kilimun learns is that he needs help to be a good king, and that he needs to be honest. That isn’t Gen’s problem (except possibly the honesty bit), as far as I know. Question two. Why doesn’t Gen like the story? He gets really agitated, and I can’t really tell why. Maybe he sees something I don’t -  wouldn’t be the first time, XD. At this point in KoA, I’d think what Gen wants to hear least is that he has to be king… but where is this in the story? The closest I can get to a message like that is that there is a king in the story, a good one. But is that enough for Gen to conclude that Phresine is after him for acting like a bad king?

 

Please discuss!