[Calliope nods in agreement. She definitely likes that arrangement better.]
You'd very much get along with the Beforian royalty, in that case! The longest-lived caste, the fushia-bloods, produces their kind's Empresses. The Empress spends a thousand years of her life caring for those below her with the utmost vigilance and care. She retires once her predecessor becomes old enough to take her place.
[Or possibly kills her. She's a bit unclear on that particular part of Beforian practices.]