[ She lifts her hand to muffle her laughter behind her hands briefly. ]

Better her sweet misunderstanding than the Vor Lords asking what I was doing fucking a Komarran below my station, or the English saying I slept with every one of my soldiers to ensnare them to my course. A Queen bothered by romantic rumors about themselves does not last long.

[ It's bemused, really, he had to know she had tougher skin than that. ]