As we were in the Ethuveraz, though on larger scale at court.

[Well, there we are. Being called a secretary isn't exactly an insult where Csevet comes from.]

We beg pardon, Mer Pavus, but we did not intend to imply that others should take on this manner of speaking, simply that we would perceive ourselves as impolite were we to stop. Serenity has suggested we make effort to adapt to the culture of this place even through wording, but such habit is difficult to break, when a lack of formality seems to us to imply...intimacy...that we had not intended to offer.