[ He doesn't give Grimm an answer to that, but that alone is answer in itself, because while the Pale King excels in intelligence he severely lacks any sort of tact. If he thought it was truly worth nothing, he would say so.
The fact that he does not means something would change - something he doesn't like - if Grimm were to leave, and he knows it is worth enough to not want to admit it.
Instead, he focuses his attentions on the device he has put together, affixing a horn that looks a little like the many flowers the Queen seems to be so fond of, and winds the crank. Music fills the air, a recording made at some point in the past.
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The fact that he does not means something would change - something he doesn't like - if Grimm were to leave, and he knows it is worth enough to not want to admit it.
Instead, he focuses his attentions on the device he has put together, affixing a horn that looks a little like the many flowers the Queen seems to be so fond of, and winds the crank. Music fills the air, a recording made at some point in the past.
The instruments are unfamiliar, but the song...
The song is not. ]