Some battle...
Same.
"Where have you been, brother?"
The Professor asked as Hulu got to them. Hulu's face looked tired, his stern face yet lively as usual but there was a twist to it. That which the expression of his queen had been generous enough to spare.
"I am drafted to serve the interest of my princess, my lady. And she wanted that we return to her village after she had left there many weeks ago. She had done that for her best own interest, had done what she thought was the best."
Hulu paused, looking at the princess to catch her reaction. Whether or not she was supportive of the stance he had just held.
"But the state in which we met the land, my land, was beyond merit but not repair. I did all I could but there was less power to be exerted. The strangers had dominated the land and usurped the throne, compelling our people to coercion and forced labor."