She looks to her warmly, smiling if somewhat briefly. The lines at the corners of her eyes deepen with it. Some of age and some - some at least of happier times. "Yes... I always thought that too."
That yes, sometimes, sometimes it was better to belong to nothing and no one - as much a reason to never give her name, is that to be Queen, quite naturally, came with expectations. Perceptions. To be nothing and no one was... easier. Sometimes you're better out in the woods.
"And you, they have been treating you well? The countess is seeing to you?"
Presses a little - she had nothing else to do but worry. Good at it, apparently. Worried she had, about not being able to keep an eye on her. She trusted Olivia not to take advantage of her position - but she couldn't see everything, her place was at her husband's side after all. Anything could happen when people weren't paying attention.
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That yes, sometimes, sometimes it was better to belong to nothing and no one - as much a reason to never give her name, is that to be Queen, quite naturally, came with expectations. Perceptions. To be nothing and no one was... easier. Sometimes you're better out in the woods.
"And you, they have been treating you well? The countess is seeing to you?"
Presses a little - she had nothing else to do but worry. Good at it, apparently. Worried she had, about not being able to keep an eye on her. She trusted Olivia not to take advantage of her position - but she couldn't see everything, her place was at her husband's side after all. Anything could happen when people weren't paying attention.