It's fitting for the Queen of Alexandria to do whatever she pleases no matter what those stuff-headed nobles of yours think. Remember? You can do anything you want to do or be anything you want to be. You're already the best queen I've ever known.

[And then she's looking him right in the eye and he can't help it, he's turning a touch red and looking away from her a bit sheepishly, then back at her with a still-sheepish grin.]

What's wrong with that? I always loved your hair, you know.

[Yup, that's dodging the subject.]