[ He swallows, a little self-conscious. ]

Well, yeah, sure. Don't sound so surprised. I mean, I don't really know any queens, you know, personally. We're running on good old democracy back home. But when I was being a huge dork with all the knight stuff, you were...really kind to me, and fair. That's the kind of qualities I'd want in a queen.

[ Oh god, he probably sounds like such a geek right now. ]