"What you suggested that it mean, here, and what you collar means has always been what it was meant to be. It's a physical symbol of an oath of fealty - and service." Just... throwing that out there, the double sided nature of being a Duke - to serve and be serve, protect and be protected, depending. "I do wear it because it is pretty but giving it meaning beyond Duplicity perverting it is appealing."
He has a part two, addressing the other suggestion, but that's going to take him a little longer and some more thought.
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Which is a good place to start talking, actually.
"What you suggested that it mean, here, and what you collar means has always been what it was meant to be. It's a physical symbol of an oath of fealty - and service." Just... throwing that out there, the double sided nature of being a Duke - to serve and be serve, protect and be protected, depending. "I do wear it because it is pretty but giving it meaning beyond Duplicity perverting it is appealing."
He has a part two, addressing the other suggestion, but that's going to take him a little longer and some more thought.