I agree, it'd be rather foolish to lessen the ability of your own army — so why not help us back to where we can do the most good, instead of requiring a certain amount of service for the favor?

( he's got her on the bit about Unseelie by nature, not by choice. her gut reaction is to correct she didn't choose any of this, so that's very obvious, but now she's curious. )

How do you mean, by nature?