[ She looks at Amos, and then there's the thinnest smile that pulls at one corner of her mouth for a second. He means it as a compliment, so she'll take it as such. ]

In my world -- [ it still feels strange to say that, but she's not unfamiliar with the concept of other realities, this is just one step further than that, isn't it ] -- there have been many queens. And kings. Not all are noble, or good, or kind. I find most are simply people.

Who rules in your world, if not the nobility?

[ Not everywhere in the Westlands is a kingdom, but a world so far removed from royalty that they're the subject of tales -- that is foreign to her. ]