[ Nothing new indeed. The Queen is starting to remind him more and more of someone he'd rather forget, and he shifts uncomfortably at the thought. She, too, would have razed a city at the slightest offense. He doesn't bother to hide the grimace that crosses his features at the thought of his mother. ]

So the same old story, then. Someone in power is wronged and it's innocent people who pay for it. Are they recovering? The city and the grain fields?

[ He might try to look into the fields, at least. See if there's something he can do. ]