"Mm." Amai hums thoughtful agreement, though no less patronizing than Byerly. "I suppose. I would have expected a young woman from a royal line to have a bit more decorum in enemy territory, particularly considering her status. And really, you might even call it a rescue -- I heard the girl hadn't bathed in weeks when they brought her in."

Amai doesn't quite make a face, but there is a little shudder of unmasked disgust at the thought. Ugh, unwashed barbarians. "And you'd said it yourself about the Vor class, that they're not so elevated at all. But...she is half-Betan, isn't she? I seem to recall hearing that one of the Vorbarras married a Betan woman."