That did give him pause. He couldn't say that he agreed with her assessment of the crew, almost as if she was looking at the situation through rose colored glasses.

Still, he couldn't help but be reminded of someone else he knew. He had a feeling that, were she here, she'd probably say something similar.

That thought gnawed at him for some reason. Maybe because he knew that, even if her answer wasn't wrong, it wasn't a path that he could take.

"Are you a princess?"