[Listening is a skill Ankari is good at, in part due to his ability to parse truth from lies better than normal. He would guess princes of other lands and persuasions have their own pressures, their own expectations of their royal houses. This all though is more than he could imagine baring even with great strength and integrity. Even the best of elven princes would likely crumble if they needed to control not only themselves, but a great other power.

The most Ankari deals with is resentment and the echo of terrifying power, but his god is distant. Long left from the world. Only traces of her remain now, unfathomably powerful though they may be to mortals, Ankari has never reckoned with a living dragon. None alive have.

He can only echo the other prince in turn,]

Needs must... Yes, that is a good way to put it. [as for what Dion would admit he prefers, Ankari holds back what would certainly be a cartoonish gulp, just nodding and holding his breath a bit too long]

And- that is a fair preference. Perhaps even the noble one to have, in such a circumstance we've been- [don't say thrust] -...placed in.