Ankyra Sound and that the only real beauty is order and love and light

She wasn't opposed to being questioned, even if she knew he was wrong in thinking the same of her.  It was absolutely correct that Drageda was not worth their attention, and that giving it only flattered them.

Her opinion fell a bit of him with the answer either way.  He was obviously a wolf with few strong convictions of his own, and diplomats who spoke like that were hard wolves for her to trust.  It gave her no clue where he personally stood.

But she returned his smile, if a little smaller, and shrugged.  I don't think so.  But I am not going to lie and say I've never been wrong before.  I just hope that everyone has thought long and hard about what war would really gain us.  Didn't seem like a whole lot compared to what they might lose.