She took you hostage to her glass palace and expected you to weep. Instead you took notes. Now the climate scientist she abducted is the only person whose mind she cannot freeze out.
Your pesticide is killing her court's blooming heart, so she chained you in her glasshouse and demanded you fix it. You refused to grovel and started diagnosing the rot instead. She did not expect to respect you. She did not expect a great many things.
She took you as a bargaining chip and expected a sobbing hostage. Instead she got someone who will not weep, will not thank her, and will not look away. She did not plan for that.
