"By all means." Lorelai said with hand gesture for him to lead the way. "Good morning, Irena." the princess smiled up at the queen. "I do hope you don't mind I steal him for a bit." Lorelai pushed down the monster that crawled around his stomach. That monster wanted her to sound proud. It wanted the bastard princess to lift her chin up and look down upon the queen. But that wasn't Lorelai and she knew it. So she kept her voice light and pretended not to notice the way the queen's voice sounded.