Mia squinted. Zel was being awfully nice to her, but she had made it clear why. No reason to be mean to her, yet. Maybe she thought if Mia became important, it'd be better to have her as an ally, not a slave?

"I'm guessing you're not just... sitting around, ruling Death's Grip for fun. You seem to have a goal. From what others say, you've been up to something for a while now, maybe a fight with a neighboring province." She had to thank Adron for the info later. "But you seem to have... I don't know, I get the impression you want to do more than just have...