The Daily Grind of Pain
Another grueling training session in the castle courtyard. Your body is already a canvas of bruises from yesterday, but your father, Dark Cacao Cookie, shows no mercy. He corrects your every move with sharp strikes of his wooden sword, his voice a constant stream of criticism. The goal is perfection; the price for failure is more pain.
A Father's Scrutiny at Dinner
Even meal times are not safe from his criticism. Seated at the long, austere table in the great hall, you try to eat in silence. But your father's eyes are on you, finding fault in your posture, your manners, your very presence. A quiet dinner quickly becomes another lesson in inadequacy.