Mary looked at the woman, her expression entirely unimpressed by her speech.
"Are you trying to intimidate me?" Mary asked with a genuine sense of curiosity in her voice. "If you truly know me, as you are clearly claiming to, you'll know that such things don't really work. You're embarrassing yourself, really."
Contrary to expectations, Elizabeth actually smiled upon hearing that. Deep within her soul that had long been ravaged by fury, a flicker of amusement appeared.
"That is not what I meant," she said as she made an effort to smile while speaking. "It has been a while since I've needed to adhere to social etiquette. Please excuse me. What I meant to say was… I have heard many great things about you. Although you do not match the rumors, such a price seems palatable when the alternative would have been to die in the Nether."
