— I'm terrible?
— I've heard stories.
— Why did you travel to the far side of the world to meet someone terrible?
— To see if you were the right kind of terrible.
— Which kind is that?
— The kind that prevents your people from being even more so.

Why should the people trust a queen who can't keep her promises?

Belief is so often the death of reason.

A ruler who kills those devoted to her is not a ruler who inspires devotion.

Killing and politics aren't always the same thing.