As a king, he has certain responsibilities to his people (or mice, whatever) to act in their best interests. Somehow the Stahlbaum parents are doing something to harm him or his people so he has to attack them, but while he has been ingratiating himself with the parents, he actually does like/care-for Clara. So while he can't or won't call off the infiltration/attack in general, he does find a way to get her a personal protector.
Whatever it is the Stahlbaums are doing (and that the Mouse King is objecting to) the Snow Flake and Sugar Plum kingdoms are in favor of. So they are delighted to meet Clara and even more delighted to hear of the (temporary) defeat of the Mouse King.
What they don't know, however, is that Clara is still friendly with Drosselmeyer who now has an unsuspecting spy in the courts of his enemy. There could be vast amounts of political intrigue in the future of this story. (And, for that matter, the prequels as well.)
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Date: 2009-12-15 10:13 pm (UTC)As a king, he has certain responsibilities to his people (or mice, whatever) to act in their best interests. Somehow the Stahlbaum parents are doing something to harm him or his people so he has to attack them, but while he has been ingratiating himself with the parents, he actually does like/care-for Clara. So while he can't or won't call off the infiltration/attack in general, he does find a way to get her a personal protector.
Whatever it is the Stahlbaums are doing (and that the Mouse King is objecting to) the Snow Flake and Sugar Plum kingdoms are in favor of. So they are delighted to meet Clara and even more delighted to hear of the (temporary) defeat of the Mouse King.
What they don't know, however, is that Clara is still friendly with Drosselmeyer who now has an unsuspecting spy in the courts of his enemy. There could be vast amounts of political intrigue in the future of this story. (And, for that matter, the prequels as well.)