บท 1478: A Passing Breeze - Part 9

"…No, I think your judgement to be right," Oliver said seriously. "She might be a Queen, but she will insist on helping, once she knows the state of this woman. This might be… overstepping, given that I hold no place in her court, and I have no right to say what she can and can't do. But I do not think they should disallow her from the nature that guides her. It is acts of care like this, that she has meted out in the past, that have made Asabel who she is. It is why her subjects love her. I would prefer not to see her become a mere instrument of office."

"That is an… unusually farsighted point of view, given the situation, my Lord," Verdant said. "But I do find myself agreeing. I will negotiate in what ways I can with those under her, such that she might at least be given the opportunity to try, should she wish for it."

"Torin, stand outside," Oliver said. "My men will be coming now. Point them to us."