Morevek clears his throat softly in the pregnant pause that follows the queen's challenging question. "I am hesitant to... probe a wound that can only have begun to heal, but... it seems to this one that Your Majesty's question must... fall more heavily upon some than upon... others."

Morevek's head turns directly toward the paladin who once bore the name 'Aurora'. "Scars... have we all. But those that cannot be seen... sometimes linger longest."

He lapses into silence, but lines of... concern play at the corners of his eyes as he watches Grace.