Emma was used to Karla's verbal torrents when she got going on the subject of her homeland, but they were still funny.

"You get an allowance -- yearly, I'm assuming -- called the Queen's Gift. Because your Saetan's bookkeeper doesn't want a heart-attack when he gets the bill from the damage I can do to the shops in Amdarh, anything we buy, we reimburse him the cost of our adventures from your accounts."

"Does that sound about right?"