I meant her other concubines, be a pleasure to work with, but by all means, do not allow me to hinder your freshly bolstered aspirations.

[ The gentle laugh that follows is... still somehow light, despite now being so unimpressed it's dripping. ]

One might imagine after a malnourished millennia in lonesome exile that my standards have withered, but rest assured, you do not meet them regardless.

[ Have they withered? She'll never tell. ]