Ivee stared at the queen on their way out the door. "I don't know if my heart could handle a title like 'duchess,'" she said, wide-eyed. "Is that really all a noble class is? Maybe it was the rules they had that we don't out here that Link didn't like? You know him better, obviously, but it seems strange to me that he'd dislike an entire class of people who are not actually any different from everyone else."
She looked over when the queen pointed out Seldon, who wasn't 'idling' around in aimless circles like he usually did, more doing a pacing back and forth, trying to look like he was idling. "Just a moment," she said, then waved to Seldon. "No sign of anyone coming for the bridge yet?" she asked.