[ There's a long, long quiet in the wake of his words. With her facing away from him, there's no way to tell what sort of face she might be making or to guess what thoughts might be racing through her head. But then, suddenly - ]

Pfft. Pffhahaha...!

[ She laughs.

It's an awful sound - hollow and bitter but hard enough to make her shoulders laugh. It's hilarious, isn't it? She'd always wondered why the Mors King had no need of her but had demanded her anyway and... well, now she has her answer doesn't she? ]

Aah... Ahaha... It's funny, isn't it? You didn't even want me and... You've taken better care of me than they ever did.