Tahiri made a strangled sort of noise that defied transcription.

"Yeah, I'll never envy Tenel Ka that." In part because the areas of her brain that still thought like a Yuuzhan Vong were actually fascinated by that sort of intrigue, so the whole concept was a headache on multiple levels.

"Still. You look good, so clearly this all agrees with you in some ways, even if it's got you wanting to climb the walls for a few other reasons."