"I agree.  Though the girls are currently in Security processes for training their palace impersonators, and that may have a few more minutes to run."

"Since we took them all aside individually for that, before they had a chance to prepare spells this morning, I expect more than half of them think they're to be killed, as often occurs after one is required to train your impersonator.  I made a deputy's guess that this decision was not worth waking you for; letting someone be afraid despite your promises of safety, and then showing them that their master spoke truly and will be merciful, is just conventionally good practice when that would occur in the ordinary course of events."

"I agree.  Though the girls are currently in Security processes for training their palace impersonators, and that may have a few more minutes to run."

"Since we took them all aside individually for that, before they had a chance to prepare spells this morning, I expect more than half of them think they're to be killed, as often occurs after one is required to train one's impersonator.  I made a deputy's guess that this decision was not worth waking you for; letting someone be afraid despite your promises of safety, and then showing them that their master spoke truly and will be merciful, is just conventionally good practice when that would occur in the ordinary course of events."