[ Sometimes sacrifices must be made...! ]

That does sound like it'd be a long story if you'd told me in more detail. I won't ask for anything more you've decided to give to me. A man's gotta have respect.

[ He's picked up on that disdain and imagined that the man deserved it. Kings could be bastards, after all. ]

But, that makes it all the more incredible she's manage to make it through to where she's now, I'm sure. You included, seeing as you seemed to have been through her side throughout it all.