Part II of Thunderwyrm Fiara has to play all courtesies in a world that seems against her; the Archduchess and queen, her mother, seems just as involved in court politics as anyone else - romanticising a reality that strips her freedoms from the sanctuary of family outward.
Part I of Thunderwyrm Fiara and Maerk play at philosophy whilst courtiers seek Fiara for everything but her person; Twyner, Maerk, and the unspeaking indifference of the world seem her only respite, and the only source of anything good.