... I told him how the Summer Maiden felt about the court when she left it. [The story of her rebellion with the Ringmaster has gotten far enough, hasn't it.] I wasn't trying to upset him! I was just explaining her side of things, and... it hit something really personal for him.

[Which he's not going to detail that much more intimately, because that's Ignatius' business. He lets out a sigh.]

If he expects us to be terrible that's exactly why we shouldn't be. Otherwise, isn't that just more reason for him to believe the courts are right in killing us?