Leia & Mary [ooc. reposting this because my phone clearly changed matriarchal to patriarchal and the entire meaning of her comment is lost because of that autocorrect.]
Leia had spent years, her entire life, really, studying galactic politics. "There are still some worlds and societies where I'm from that are like that. My homeworld, Alderaan, was a matriarchal society, so that has always been a difficult concept for me to grasp." Her mother was queen, and Leia might have been one day herself, if she hadn't gone into the senate, or if Alderaan hadn't been destroyed.
She smiled at the other woman. "It's unfair for me to use the title anymore. I resigned just recently, but it's a hard habit to break. I've had the same problem with every title I've had throughout my life, really." Princess, rebel, senator, now General...