Then Claudius pulls him along, this quiet, dutiful child who makes Claudius's heart ache with how trustingly he follows. Even Hamlet, a prince, with everything provided for him, could be short and suspicious but Claudius knew why. They'd been raised the same way, after all. "It's a little farther out in the woods," he explains, "but I think you'll like it. Among the bamboo. Did you know there are parts of the world without any bamboo forests?"