A lady and a queen; he snorts softly. Cersei was a lady and a queen herself, and Sandor's heard much worse shite come pouring out of her mouth than cunt. Woman could hiss like a snake with the most vile venom you've ever seen. Being a queen's got nothing to do with it. Sansa's courtesies are unique to her, and not her role. She's light and good in ways some queens and ladies could only aspire to be. It's fucking grating sometimes — or at least, that's what he'll insist, if ever asked.

He grunts noncommittally at the question; no, he is not surprised. Men will always have vile things to say about a woman in power, or a woman they want but can't have. Nothing he can do about the ones in the past, but-

"You hear anybody call you that here, tell me. I'll cut their tongue out of their mouth." It's said simply, calmly, and is followed by stuffing food in his mouth to chew.