[ There's a barb waiting to be shot back, but while she opens her mouth to say the words, they don't make it out. She thinks better of it and simply nods her understanding. ]
I'm surprised to see you take it so well.
[ The words aren't as harsh as they could have been, or meant to be cruel. She knows Arthur as Crown Prince of Camelot - as Uther's right hand, obedient to him and his tyranny. But she also knows Arthur as the boy she grew up with. Who she has known to be sympathetic even if it often takes her jabs to rouse him to action; who she has thought will make a better king. ]