Darth Fluffy

"Gonna run around a while" - Explorer the Cat.

"Thinking about what to do today.  Just my normal helping The Human, eating, running around, and napping.  Might do some bird watching." - Explorer the Cat.
 

"You got up late.  Why you flashing me instead of making tea?" - Explorer the Cat.

 

"Why is The Human waving his hands around?" - Explorer the Cat.
 

 
First.  People are annoying 
 
Second.  ? 
Actually, the first part pretty much covers it 
 

You may be right, it seems plausible, but this is the first indication we've had that they have any sort of filter for who they steal the royalty aura from.
They should have noticed by now a lack of tyranny.
 

"Yay!  The Human got up.  I was worried about him when he fell on his butt. He says the pill he took for vertigo is working like a charm" - Explorer the Cat.
 

"Thinking about the day." - Explorer the Cat.
 

"Playing some hide-n-sneak with The Human" - Explorer the Cat
 

"Gonna do some running!  Then get on the desk to help The Human!  Then eat and nap!" - Explorer the Cat

"Doing some bird watching!" - Explorer the Cat.

"Starting my daily run about.  After I'm done with that I'll get on the desk and help The Human!" - Explorer the Cat.
 

"I'm glad you don't have a migraine any more, but I'm still not in the way!  You haven't finished making tea yet.  I might move when you bring the tea mug in, maybe not!"
 

The sensei thwacking the student scene is a staple of martial arts movies.

Given that they specifically said “a tyrant”, they are probably looking for the most evil-seeming Royal that they can find—for their own definition of “evil”, at least.

According to one definition of the word, it also sounds like they're trying to create a tyrant.
(That would be a definition that includes one of the connotations the word acquired while passing through Latin: a usurper. It also acquired the connotation of a cruel or abusive ruler. In Greek, it just meant an absolute ruler.)

Now that you mention knees, it's time to bring you up to date on a situation with my own, that being my left replacement knee. I got up to get something out of the kitchen about 10 days ago, and I damned near didn't make it. My left knee felt like it was going to go through an explosive disassembly on me. I grabbed my cane, made it back to my chair, and sat down, but the pain didn't subside - it got worse, climbing up to a 9.5 on the 0-to-10 scale. It made me sick to my stomach and drew tears.
I managed to get an appointment with the knee surgeon's office two days later. They didn't see any structural problems on the X-ray, but they were able to tell that the joint was loose when they gave it the side-to-side shake test. They suggested doing surgery to put in shims to tighten up the mechanical joint, to which I agreed. They've already called to schedule. I've got a cruise-convention that I can't miss at the end of March, so the surgery won't take place until April 2nd. Until then, I'm using the cane 100% of the time, as opposed to just outside of the house before the incident occured.

"Glad you got out of bed.  But I'm under the desk now AND your tea isn't done.  Not in your way!" - Explorer the Cat.

"Deciding on what else I'm gonna do after I run around" - Explorer the Cat.
 

"Getting off the desk by way of The Human's leg.  Gonna start doing some running!" - Explorer the Cat.
 

"The Human stayed in bed a bit too long.  He's out now and I've got to decide if I'm gonna get on the desk or not!" - Explorer the Cat.

 
https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/fox-052 
 
So we aren't going to see a nine year old Nanase with a thirty six year old brain?  Or a fifty four year old Nanase with a six year old brain? 
That's too bad.  I figure if she was one hundred eight years old with a three year old brain, she would be perfect for current politics. 
 

"The Human is up and out of bed!  It's not cold and he's not sneezing every few minutes!  How all I have to do is decide on what I'm gonna do today" - Explorer the Cat.  

For a customer service AI to hate its job, it must first be capable of experiencing the emotion of hatred.

"Gonna start my morning run!" - Explorer the Cat.