I don't mind at all - talking to strangers is how one makes new friends.

[That, and she doesn't remember the last time she met a stranger. It's refreshing.]

My family are nobility, and the townspeople all work to benefit us in return for land in which to live. Most everyone in Thornwell is either a servant or one of my relatives, and I can't think of any exceptions to that. Our elders make laws, and our warrior guards enforce those laws... and I suppose the Queen has some say but only so far as she can budge the elders, and they're a very stubborn lot.