A second after Sitri's answer was issued, the pale Spine Queen felt a twinge of self-consciousness run through her vertebrae. Even if the man's words and tone didn't not meant to be seen as an accusation or judgement of any kind, the young female could not help but feel that at the time she decided to tell this same story again there would be a fair share of it raining down her shoulders. And it was not that she card of what judgements were made, or least of all by who -- but the fact that there would be.
Not everyone was as open minded -- her own 'mate' being the closest example she could think of at the moment. While it was true he had agreed to their engagement after a simple contract-like conversation, he had also set the boundaries by asking Cara to make everything official; traditional.
While the own age gap between her parents had held more that 2 years, she could kind of understand what the fuss was about. Hadn't it been her after all that after knowing of the relationship between the mad shaman and her Queen had also asked herself how she had ever settled for him?
It would be hypocritical for her to say she didn't understand the critiques others made towards her decision, but it would be even more to say she didn't also know how flawed they were.
Because it had been with her own eyes that she had witnessed the love of Jinx and Lecter. Despite the age and despite it all.
"I did, actually. Because I am not bothered by formalities of that sort -- that however does not mean I didn't agree to it." she barked, bringing her head back from her melancholic reverie and into the conversation once more. "It is the status of parent what interests me Sitri " she tried to explain with a simple shrug of her shoulders as she copied herself once more against the brute's flank.