"And what would you have said, Mikino, had I brought it to you earlier?" She asked curiously, "Would you have told me not to take offense when any other in my shoes would have and make amends? I attempted to do as you wished and was greeted with indifference." She would not do so again. Queen or not. She had not the patience for such bouts of unflattering superiority.
Her turned her head to regard him then, wondering if he truly did not see what was taking place. She supposed one saw what they wanted to and she highly doubted he would wish to see fault in the woman. If he was playing at ignorance, it did not suit him. "The first time she wore the color of your house, was that too just the simple choice of a dress. Or perhaps if I wore the red and black of Calmcacil or the green of Mekhal? Would that then be just the choice of a dress."
She did not appreciate having her words turned to portray a meaning that had not been what she had spoken. "Do not twist my words and paint me as a misbehaving child who has no reason to speak as she does. The dress was chosen with the knowledge of what you had intended and what the image would create. Had you made the announcement you had intended to, there would have been the comparison for all those with half a sense. I try not to care what people think of me, but it is difficult to ignore when I am who would be painted as what you are settling for."
"I am tired of this childish game and bouts of petty responses," she sighed, hands shifting to fold neatly in her lap. "I have made it abundantly clear that I am more than willing to keep my mouth closed and go along pretending that having her on the throne is the best choice. I have done nothing but grant her the respect deserved of her station on those moments when we do interact in public and in return I'm given an obvious and rather public dismissal."
"What more would you have me do, Mikino?" she asked, no longer sure why she had brought up her concerns. It made little difference. They would always end up right back here; with the defense of any action the woman had done. "I will not be a made a fool of because I dared to be offended when I should be?"