You wish to know where my loyalty lies? Not with any king or queen, but with the people. The people who suffer under the despots and prosper under just rule
I wasn't born into a great house, I came from nothing. I was sold as a slave and carved up as an offering. When I was a child, I lived in alleys, gutters, abandoned houses
I am very good at keeping secrets for my good friends
I am not a torturer. Though it so often is what people deserve. And it does provide answer. But they're usually the wrong answers