‘     ^{yes.
   there’s  no  hesitation  in  the  young  queen’s  answer,  because  what’s  the  point  in  denying  the  ice  and current  of  cold  and  winter  that  she can feel flowing just  BENEATH  HER  SKIN.}

           _{‘ most would disagree with that.’
then again, most people – humans at least – didn’t seem to think that anything else existed. they had their physical world and then their religious world. nothing else in-between. not really at least on most days.
           ‘especially when you start getting into more radical ideas.’}