"Does it? All I see is my father's hair. Means my mother wasn't a whore." Rubbing her forehead, she tried to clear it a little more. "That's chasing your tail, Lavi. For without the title, I am the same as every other man or woman. It's what I do with the title that makes me notable." She smiled weakly, thinking about Kat. "She screamed so loud when I thought they were going to take me to be executed. I never thought anyone would beg for my life like that. I do not deserve such devotion, but I seem to have it anyway. I just hope I do not fail that..." That would be her greatest fear, worse then getting married, or being executed, was failing that trust.

"And I do not lie about my duty being the true matter of my heart. It just happens to be a convenient excuse. Duty is so... selfish. Sometimes."