She chuckled at his dual response. "I have seen hundreds of kings and queens before me, each wanting to carve out a piece of this land as their own. Never have I met one who managed to claim anywhere near as much as you have - let alone with ambitions to claim even more... and yet was so compassionate towards their subjects. Most I have seen with ambition as great as yours would crush anyone and everyone under their heels to get there... and yet you are willing to risk your life, again and again, for your people," she said, a soft, sad smile on her face. "What drives you so?"