Stop bringing up how long you've been here, Nikolai.

Zoya wants to snap it. It discomforts her to know he's allegedly been here a year when he was just in Ravka. Her head threatens to hurt if she thinks about it any longer.

"It's easy," she says, not helping. Zoya's arms remain crossed as she smiles proudly at the fact he's right: she truly has put him to work. She doesn't boss him around all the time, but she does make good points more than she doesn't. "I'm the beauty and brains, and you're the brawn. It's why we work together so well."