Abrogail flicks her in the forehead, what somebody in another country might consider painfully. "I will punish you for that insolence, dear. Eventually."
"My time here is more limited than I'd like. The war with Nidal is entering its last days, with most of its territory already consumed by us, and you would not believe how much administrative labor is associated with gaining territory instead of losing it like my uncle did. I don't imagine you remotely want to be a landed Baroness, but you could be did you wish."