"You're quite welcome, Genna," replied Toria, noting her cousin's disdain for her title. It was best not to use it right at the moment.
"But dresses are also for higborn ladies, as well as women and girls of low birth. I'm wearing one and I'm certianly not a princess. Perhaps you'd like to wear a plainer, non-princess dress today? I'm certain your father won't mind...though he will mind if you run around the castle in just your shift, so we should get you dressed in something, sweetling."
Retrieving a handkerchief from a chest of her things, she dried Genna's cheeks with it first, then handed it to her in case she wanted to blow her nose.