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Well, being me, my instinct is to go with Option 1. It seems the “Katte lives!” AUS that appeal to me most are of the “break it differently” type. Because for starters, I doubt a Katte fully exposed to Old Fritz before he has the chance to fall in love with Young Fritz will fall in love with him, full stop. Or see staying in Prussia as a viable career option, if the future King hates him. So my guess is he’ll renew his efforts to get Dad and Grandpa Wartensleben’s support for an honorable dismissal so he can move to England and try his luck there. Which means he arrives just in time to meet longing-for-a-friend Fritz of Wales and befriend him instead of Lord Hervey doing the same. Meaning he’ll end up involved with Hannover crazy instead of Hohenzollern crazy, but at least the former isn’t deadly!