[ Her eyes narrow. ]

Of course. It's not as though I simply invented such a grotesque display. No doubt the rebel leaders would even confess, if you asked them. Doubtlessly they think they're very clever for having come up with the idea.

[ There isn't a doubt in her mind. It is clever, of course, but the sort of underhanded, gutless move that in her mind? Only proves how desperate these backwater lords are to retain their power, no matter how vile the action required. ]