I'll rest when I'm done. That's when I will find time to read for pleasure and to- do all those other things that people do for fun.

[Nodding against her hair.]

Yes. We are ravkan, after all. Most of us, at least. And all in Ravka bow to the king.

[With just the barest hint of resentment creeping in to his voice, the weakling on the throne was more than simply a waste. He was dangerous, too selfish and too vain to think further ahead than to his own table, letting all of the country starve to gild his own coffers.]