"...Why were you so stubborn about taking your goat to the doctor, instead of sending your maid and simply getting what medicine was required?" The question was abrupt. Straightforward. And cut through all of her thoughts.
Which was incredibly typical of Donncahd, of course. What else would he do but say such a question?
That was.
It was just...
Because...
The answer to why she did it was because the thought didn't even occur to her. To have Fiadh go for her. Not because it was special at all, but because she had no experience or history in having servants at all.
But she obviously couldn't say that. Her mind may have been befuddled, but it was not so hazy that she didn't know that, or to admit that she had no experience in actually behaving like the princess she supposedly was.
"Because..." she swallowed. Her throat still felt dry.
It was....