Then you'll be a better ruler than most. [It feels a little strange to admit that, but many of her conversations with Anne have left Maketh feeling that way. She doesn't quite know where to place Anne in the scheme of things. A kind woman wearing a politician's robes. She would have been crushed in the Empire. And yet, she has endured. She's still alive in a world that gives her little room to make her own choices.

How curious.]

We have kings in some worlds. And queens, of course. I've heard some of them are just. I never met one who was, though.