"I must do no such thing," she announces primly, delighted to put her foot down. "I will observe, I will be a willing ear should you wish to express some detail or two on the subject because I am your friend, I may even criticize. But what I refuse to do is to take an active role in the nurturing of farm animals. No, I am afraid they are entirely your responsibility."

She sniffs disparagingly to great effect and then, with her hand still comfortably in his, she adds—

"But were I to express my opinion, I might say that it would be amusing to call them Ser Tillers and Lady Shyna and Aldenon and so on. But again, I have no interest whatsoever."