... He means well, I think. Even with his schemes. I don't know, we were never especially close.

[ he had been one of her students. she had liked him well enough, but he kept her at a distance, especially given the house she aligned herself with. she thinks on that. ]

But I could have killed him at Derdriu, and he knows it. I don't think he'll soon forget that we let him go in peace.

[ ... that's meant much less realpolitikish than it probably sounds. ]