The people [ said as if she were referring to shit on the bottom of her shoe ] were blind to the necessity of war. I may have used that ignorance to my advantage, but I despised each and every one of them for turning their backs on the king who fought so hard for everyone.

[ She knows Gray is only trying to help, though, so despite the obvious annoyance in her voice, she does her best to temper her response. ]

Listen. I get what you're saying, but humans are disgustingly fickle creatures. Britain was closer than ever to being united, yet they threw that future away to gamble on me — as if I could ever relate to their pathetic lives. Even if the fighting had ended sooner, their complaints would have soon been about taxes, or the division of land, or a bad harvest. There's just no pleasing them.