"Yeah, that..." He took another long drag on the smoke, finally having enough to crushing it out, too. Ugh, no more. A sip followed before he continued.

"It's just...not how I envisioned gaining the office, y'know? Granted, I doubt it would have been the product of glorious battle, knights in armor and swords brandished everywhere, but that's how it's always sort of been in my head, ever since I was younger than you."

Ethan suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly, and shook his head. "Wow. I never realized how idiotic that sounded till just now."