I wonder what the queen must've thought when she found out that her son ran away. After their conversation, he left as soon as he could. For her, who focused more on her own ambitions rather than her own son's intentions and desires; I think rather than regret what she did, she resented him, for he had failed to understand her (even in the first part of the story, it was clear that she only ever saw herself, and not her son. Her ambitions, not his. What he deserves, and not what he truly desires.) . It seems her love towards the king is not returned in equal measure, and now her son disappears as if in mockery of her plans, even if she thought she was doing it for him.
It was probably maddening to find out that not only did the older brother survive, he also left to pursue his brother and hopefully bring him back, but he was unable to do that, too.
By then she had to admit that such is the lengths her son would go through if only to keep his brothers safe, she might not yet be amenable to reason. I believe that were she indeed exiled as soon as the older brother assumed the throne, she might have done a lot of thinking since then. She loses her husband, her power, her son, and the throne; and her blame towards him might eventually shift towards what transpired that fateful day, after their conversation.
I wonder what the queen must've thought when she found out that her son ran away. After their conversation, he left as soon as he could. For her, who focused more on her own ambitions rather than her own son's intentions and desires; I think rather than regret what she did, she resented him, for he had failed to understand her (even in the first part of the story, it was clear that she only ever saw herself, and not her son. Her ambitions, not his. What he deserves, and not what he truly desires.) . It seems her love towards the king is not returned in equal measure, and now her son disappears as if in mockery of her plans, even if she thought she was doing it for him.
It was probably maddening to find out that not only did the older brother survive, he also left to pursue his brother and hopefully bring him back, but he was unable to do that, too.
By then she had to admit that such is the lengths her son would go through if only to keep his brothers safe, she might not yet be amenable to reason. I believe that were she indeed exiled as soon as the older brother assumed the throne, she might have done a lot of thinking since then. She loses her husband, her power, her son, and the throne; and her blame towards him might eventually shift towards what transpired that fateful day, after their conversation.