lol! There is no rank when everyone else is dead (nothing to rank to) and Ebin was not about to let slip that she’s of House Sirius in the middle of a room full of her kinsmen. She is, after all, in hiding. Yes, his wording is painful, but truth is never kind.
And Ebin knows the feeling… poignant expression in the last panel.
Not the best choice of words, Ebin.
“As the Ranking member of the Royal family…” might have not poked wounds as much.
lol! There is no rank when everyone else is dead (nothing to rank to) and Ebin was not about to let slip that she’s of House Sirius in the middle of a room full of her kinsmen. She is, after all, in hiding. Yes, his wording is painful, but truth is never kind.