No, it's okay, Asami. It's just... I'm illegitimate. Esther and I only share a father, and we only recently learned we were related.
[She sighed and lit up another cigarette.]
I am and I'm not princess. Because of the nature of my birth, I have no birthright other than that of Viscountess passed to me through my mother after her death. So I can't claim it, and I've spent my entire military career to get recognition from the Queen as being her blood. And all I've ever been to her is a soldier and a reminder that my mother had relations with the Crown Prince before he chose to marry.
I told you that my career stalled for a couple years. That would be why. [There was such a stigma upon her because she was a bastard child.] I'm very used to the kind of treatment I face here on Amoi. I don't want you treating me any different.
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[She sighed and lit up another cigarette.]
I am and I'm not princess. Because of the nature of my birth, I have no birthright other than that of Viscountess passed to me through my mother after her death. So I can't claim it, and I've spent my entire military career to get recognition from the Queen as being her blood. And all I've ever been to her is a soldier and a reminder that my mother had relations with the Crown Prince before he chose to marry.
I told you that my career stalled for a couple years. That would be why. [There was such a stigma upon her because she was a bastard child.] I'm very used to the kind of treatment I face here on Amoi. I don't want you treating me any different.