A/N: Oritel and Griffin happen to argue a lot but there are hidden nuances underneath all the yelling. I've been dying to just write SOMETHING about this dynamic so here it is.

Their voices raised so high that it was easy for a lot of things to be left underneath. Like her appreciation that Oritel cared enough to argue with her. Quite often Erendor and other members of the Company would just ignore her strategies and take matters into their own hands–always with disastrous results–but the king of Domino would at least try to talk it out with her when he disagreed with one of her plans. She was grateful for that.

Apart from him and his wife, there were few other people who cared about what she had to say and didn't make her feel like her voice was banished where it would never be heard again because of the mistakes she'd made. She just wanted a chance to make things better. Not for her own sake but to fix what damage she could. And Oritel at least consulted her before jumping headfirst into actions devoid of any sense. She couldn't even ask for more. But she still got it.

He also cared about her well-being which was what saw him yelling at her to take a break or go to the infirmary after a mission had left her with an injury. Maybe it was just out of necessity since they were allies, but the others didn't even do that much. So she appreciated all the nuances that got lost in the loudness of their words when they argued.