"Well, I will preen a bit at that, and then move on, " And she does, then says "In playing the game I worked with Ailil who wanted 'their turn' in the winter sun , and in anarchists alike. My goals were chiefly vengeance if you recall, and protection for my family. But as I progressed, I did decide hobbling the nobility was best." A deep breath "The sidhe can be a silly people, even the ones who aren't monsters. This where you tell me they're all monsters, and I'll nod, and perhaps even understand. But...my poiint is, I was not an innocent victim caught by puppet strands. No, I pulled them. I promised reformists this, and anarchists that, ritualists this, and purists that. Modernist and those reviving old ways. I told each faction a bit of what they wanted to hear and gathered influence, prestige, and debts. And if i did work for one undoing the work I did for another while still holding onto favors for both? Well, neither knew the difference did they?"