Lera decided that she needed to stop questioning and simply accept this. Virelai was not mad at her -- even if she easily could have been -- and seemed pleased at the outcome? Honored? She wasn't sure.

"I-I suppose so," she said. "Colonel Sanders certainly seems to enjoy conflict with others, so... I imagine he's happy about it?"

She looked back in his direction.

"To the extent he does happy, anyways."