I can't afford to be babysitting a princess right now, with the continued harpy attacks. [Put nicely.] So as much of a good idea as that may be, I would ask that you do it - of course, she might think it's a form of courtship.

What if she doesn't have another opinion aside from this? What if she's been brought up so...brainwashed that she's fully of the belief that a woman's duty is whatever her brothers say it is?

[It makes her a little sick with frustration to think about it. A shame she's discovering this now, in the middle of a siege. She would've loved to have time to speak to Cle-Florens about how much of a bellend her master of letters sounds to be.]

Do I send her a letter in reply, or do we just put that endeavour to rest and evacuate her with the rest of her people?