Maybe that's why then. My taste in people is so outside the norm, I only quickly come to like people that most people never would.

[She just assumed he meant left and right hand men, but generals make sense since he leads an army.]

I'd say several of my close friends have tried pounding their idea of sense into me, but I've avoided most murder attempts. I think people probably take your ambitions to rule more seriously than mine, and that when I get closer to my goal the assassinations will begin in earnest.

[Such is life... or death... or whatever this is.]

Well... I may have had a little luck with that. Remind me to introduce you to my friend Kazuma when I get the chance. He's from your homeland from what I remember.