"No, it's not," he answers plainly with a shake of his head. The only reason he had given Miles' female bodyguard odd looks when the pair had shown up in his office had entirely to do with the pair's unexpected presence. Another part of the mess he had been dragged into by the younger man, but his involvement in it had long since been sealed. It had been an inheritance he could have done without.

"It matters more here because of the way their lineage works--it's patriarchal--but no other government runs this way." And thank god for that.