[ Mitsuru smiles at that, a little wryly admittedly. She's fiercely independent in so many ways but on others, particularly with regard to domestic matters... ]

I'm not sure this place has helped me to grow much in that regard. I was served back home and now I'm served here. Everything is prepared for me.

[ She had been made a queen rank the moment she'd arrived after all. Almost as if The House had known that is where she belonged and where she should stay. ]

Not that I'm ungrateful for the privileged position I've been given here compared to some others. [ She had seen where those with a lower rank had been placed and she didn't envy that. ] Just that it can be a tad... smothering at times.

[ The entourages were a lot. Especially when someone is begging you to stomp on them. ]