"I will remove you both if your presence proves disruptive to my interrogation," ghem-Yulang says shortly, giving them both a look, but he lingers on Byerly. Cut the shit, Byerly. "I meant questions for me, regarding the process or anything else, but I suppose if you have pertinent questions, you may ask those as well. But derailing the interrogation will only prolong it, and I would prefer not to drag this out."

He's still looking at Byerly, eyebrows slightly raised. "I believe you are a personal acquaintance of the Princess, Vorrutyer, are you not? If you think you have anything useful to provide to this interrogation..." He sounds doubtful, but merely shrugs one shoulder slightly and turns back to Sonia, who's now looking thoroughly relaxed, smiling dazedly into the middle distance.