[ Normally she'd disagree but considering everything that's going on... ]

𝘠𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘪𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.

[ There's another brief pause before she admits — ]

𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦.

[ The Gonerils, she thinks, are an odd exception to the generalization of noble families and their take on Crests. Which only leads her to wonder what life would have been like for her if Holst hadn't been the way he is. ]