"I would rather your company until you have contributed everything you could to this discussion." Handy looked at the surprised countess out of the corner of his eye, not fully turning away from the princess. "If what our Gethrenian friend here says is true, there is a rather large breach in our defences, right here in your domain. That is something rather concerning, wouldn't you say?" She held the countess' gaze for a few tense seconds. Receiving no eventual reply, she repeated herself, "Please. Sit."