She's ready to be dismissive of everything the woman in front of her says, but something at the end strikes a cord. Because she would kill everyone to keep her throne, she knows that in her bones and even if her advisers can't see that in truth is what lies in her heart, that's she's just as vicious as the rest of her family. "That is true. You're right of course, the cruelties I am accustomed to aren't that kind. Though I've lived with less than what you think."

Not that she thought very much the other woman cared one way or another.

"Perhaps not under them then, can't you work with someone? As their equal." Why on earth was she even stopping to have this conversation, she didn't know, but all the same, she was curious.