[Frieda nods, a faint smile on her face. Wearing the crown, physically or metaphorically, is a duty, though in her case, it wasn't exactly one to her own people so much as to the wider world. (And even the part Sonia doesn't say out loud... well, she'd agree to that too.)]
And were they content?
[She's not so much questioning her rule as asking to see how easy or hard she had it, feeling a potential sense of cameraderie (much as she doubts that most other rulers would return the sentiment, given the nature of her own reign) - but if she's unfortunate, Sonia may just interpret it as a commoner's nosy overstepping.]
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And were they content?
[She's not so much questioning her rule as asking to see how easy or hard she had it, feeling a potential sense of cameraderie (much as she doubts that most other rulers would return the sentiment, given the nature of her own reign) - but if she's unfortunate, Sonia may just interpret it as a commoner's nosy overstepping.]