She seemed slightly irritated that he disagreed with her suggestion, but it was a small reaction and went away fairly quickly. She was a mother, and he understood. However he wasn't sure he ever saw her distaste in anything. She was always the 'perfect' Queen, smiling when she needed to, being quiet when it was appropriate, and always showing the right emotion. That moment made him realize that she was in fact human and real.<br/><br/>He followed her for the rest of the day as she wrote letters and did her various affairs. He smiled at Marina as she attended to her Queen. Marina was also quite beautiful, not like the Queen, but she still held her own. The day grew long, and the General realized he was going to grow restless if it was always like this. He looked forward to the night briefing when she would go to sleep and he could talk to his undercover agents.<br/><br/>They approached her chambers again. "I will leave a few guards to patrol the hallways so you may be protected, but so you can keep your privacy. The palace is safe. In fact I will sleep in the room just down the hall," he pointed down the hall to a guest room nearby. "I am close enough that you can call to me if a guard is not near. Goodnight your highness."