He grins again, eyebrows rising up high. "I think you'll have to get used to hearing Your Majesty, actually. But I'm glad I get to be that one person going around calling you Cinder. You know, there will probably be plenty of rumors about the new Lunar queen and her devastatingly handsome American."

Her question, though, has him quiet again. Mostly because it takes him a few seconds to understand what she's talking about. And then another few to figure out what to even say. "We're friends."