"I see." she says quietly. Her hands still and she doesn't say anything after his last question. 

"I follow my Empress because freedom allowed my clan to classify me as less than a human due to my...diminished conventional intelligence." she taps on the table anxiously. "When the Empress sent an avatar to inquire during the Empire's annual census, I was forcibly married to a man from a more prominent clan to improve relations. Clan laws can circumvent empirical laws as long as they are restricted to the clan." she looked at Izari. 

"He was free to do as he wished, and he did so." her jaw clenched. "I fight for the Empress that unknowingly saved me. Her call for troops allowed me to run. I...am still his wife. But as long as I fight for my Empress, I won't be forced to continue my...wifely duties by my clan." she says quietly.