[ Mace Hemmet? The name doesn't mean much to Steve, but then again, neither had Grigory Jannus — until he became the reason for the Queen to bomb Libertas. At least, that's how he's heard it, given that she'd only flown into a rage following news of her subordinate's death. Clearly there had been more to the relationship.

Was this Mace Hemmet meant to be a replacement? ]

I know they've been filled before, by Summoned. And I've heard things here and there about people ending up in the dungeons now, if they express any kind of dissent about the Queen.

[ It's so different from the Free Cities, where the Prime Minister has stayed pretty hands-off with them. Steve doesn't envy any of the people in Thorne, but he knows Natasha will be able to handle herself there. It doesn't mean he has to like it, though. He pulls a face, his gaze shifting to one side for a moment. ]

... She was so upset about Grigory that she bombed a city, but then she replaced him just like that?

[ Does it mean something isn't adding up, or is the Queen just that awful? ]