Severa starts to speak, but stops herself—she doesn't actually want to insult York, but describing her mother as she typically would would probably be an insult. This is more delicate a situation than she's used to.

"She's perfect at everything," Severa finally decides upon, at least to begin with. "It's like she never has to work to be good at something. It feels like she's rubbing it in my face sometimes." There's a pause as she realizes that those last two sentences are totally unflattering. Meeting York's eyes, she says, "It's just the first part that you remind me of."