[ You will never, ever get her to admit that she's made a joke at her own expense.

He extends a hand and she offers her own, not for a shake, but, she assumes, for him to plant a kiss on it. ]

Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen. [ She's long since stopped using all her titles, but she isn't about to be so informal as to not include the basics. ] And there will be no next time.

[ Not in her case, anyway. ]

I've never had to prepare my own food before my arrival, so it's been - understandably, I think - difficult.