Politely puzzled Carissa! "I assume a very smart person who wanted to meet with you would have lots to say, and you don't have to tell me any of it you don't want to; presumably if she wanted to hear all of it she'd have invited me too....well, handwaving some palace politics that perhaps I shouldn't handwave. But she could've let you let me stay."

Politely puzzled Carissa! "I assume a very smart person who wanted to meet with you would have lots to say, and you don't have to tell me any of it you don't want to; presumably if she wanted me to hear all of it she'd have invited me too....well, handwaving some palace politics that perhaps I shouldn't handwave. But she could've let you let me stay."