"A what?" Khan asked when his puzzlement waned.
"A portrait, My Prince," Prince Thomas repeated. "A symbolic gesture to mark your achieved authority and the respect of your family. It's a piece of our history, and as such it should be immortalized in canvas."
Khan genuinely couldn't tell whether his Uncle was joking. Of all the things he could help with, that was the last one he would have thought about.
Of course, Khan could understand where Prince Thomas came from. In the past, mainly right after the First Impact, the noble families were small enough to have a single leader.
That was due to limited power, influence, and sheer lack of people. Humankind had been on the brink of extinction back then, so its greatest forces couldn't have been bigger than a small army, allowing for a joint leadership.
