[ 'And maybe the smile.' She wants to slap his face right off for that. Anne is a delight, all her friends think so! She just doesn't respond well to rudeness, because any queen that does would be considered weak, and she's not weak! Nope nope nope.

But what if she slaps him and he sets her hand on fire. So she keeps her hand...in her lap. And tries not to scowl. ]

A changeling? I know of stories, of course. Nothing but superstition and legend...

[ But Paradisa is different, obviously. Anne actually seems to consider this idea. ]

I have been told that this is nothing more than a court abandoned by the fey... In which case, they would be responsible for what happened to me. It would not be your fault for misunderstanding.

But that still does not give you leave to treat me with disrespect now that you know the truth. Would you treat royalty visiting from another realm with such distaste? I cannot imagine your King Arthur would permit such discord in his own court. Wars have been started for less.