"I think that is the very thing," he said, nodding. "They are secure in their relative position to each other, and where they stand with their Queen." He remembered, dimly, seeing that sort of confidence in the males of Frigga's court. "Yes. Though I don't know how I feel about Ebon Askavi being quite so interested in our little territory and its internal workings. We have little choice, however." He could only hope they wouldn't try to actively interfere in his lands.

"It has to," he agreed. That, he had seen in his tangled web, that it was at least possible. But he didn't expect to live to see that day himself. Max would, he thought. And that would be enough.