[ There's a brief pause, her surprise at him bothering to ask poofing briefly across their connection. She considers how an answer like "it's been fine" would probably be both unbelievable and unsatisfactory. On the other hand, bleating about the excessive attention and worship would just be annoying. ]

... Everyone's been very gracious. Truthfully, I'm not used to having so much free time. I was probably closer to a retainer in my... former life.

[ If the Regent needs their shoes polished, she's free... ]