(adjusted Absalom Reckoning: approximately 395 years before the death of Aroden. probably.)
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"Okay. Right. Explain it to me again like I'm very stupid."
Filmore contemplates this question for, like, an entire minute, which is actually pretty impressive at his age. Then he announces, gleefully: "CONQUEST."
"CONQUEST is when you BEAT THE BAD GUYS and TAKE THEIR STUFF especially their FARMERS so that things are GOOD and not BAD like how Tar-Baphon is BAD. Which is what he is going to help you with doing! Right! Conquest horse. For winning against the bad guys."
.... that's ... not the worst understanding of the geopolitical justification for the Shining Crusade, for a six-year-old, admittedly. Marshall is maybe regretting this decision slightly but he is not about to turn around and tell his son that he's too stupid to be allowed to have rewards for paying attention to his tutors. "...more or less," he allows. "Conquest, then." He pats the horse. "That's you."