[It's a quiet sound; the sound of someone who hadn't thought of this at all, despite it seeming so obvious once it's out there. Marco is married now not only because he loves Fiddleford, but also because he doesn't think he can or will return home. How could he, the way he is now? He doesn't have it in him to run a company anymore. Maybe he shouldn't even be allowed to.
But if Elsa wants to go home...]
... Maybe you wouldn't have to go alone. Although-- Although I guess that still wouldn't let you... [Wait. He looks straight at her.] Why do you have to marry a man? If you're the queen, can't you just change the rules?
[Elsa would be lying if she said she hadn't thought about that before. Not in relation to all of this, of course, but when she was first coronated, back when she still had to keep her powers a secret, she thought that she might be able to go against her father's orders. She was the queen! But...]
I can't... the family line has to continue somehow. If I don't do it, Anna will have to, and the last thing I want is for that duty to fall to her.
Will she? I guess... Unless you instituted a democracy, or... [He's already trailing off before he can even finish the thought, because part of him acknowledges that casually suggesting a political revolution in Elsa's home might be kind of out there.
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[It's a quiet sound; the sound of someone who hadn't thought of this at all, despite it seeming so obvious once it's out there. Marco is married now not only because he loves Fiddleford, but also because he doesn't think he can or will return home. How could he, the way he is now? He doesn't have it in him to run a company anymore. Maybe he shouldn't even be allowed to.
But if Elsa wants to go home...]
... Maybe you wouldn't have to go alone. Although-- Although I guess that still wouldn't let you... [Wait. He looks straight at her.] Why do you have to marry a man? If you're the queen, can't you just change the rules?
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I can't... the family line has to continue somehow. If I don't do it, Anna will have to, and the last thing I want is for that duty to fall to her.
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He sighs.]
You could adopt a child. Could you adopt?