"I am sure the thought has occured to your uncle, though perhaps not in the fashion we're currently facing. Northron politics tend to be a bit more... blunt."
He sighed. "After you've seen to Gwyn, I would ask you speak with your lady mother. Lily should be aware of all this as well, and perhaps will better accept it from your lips, sweetling, and I know not how long my conference with your uncle may keep me."