Child, hold your tongue. You've not ruled for long, then, if you take a person's demeanor as a sign of their country's fate.

[ She shrugs. ]

You've not even seen my land or my people, seen their smiles as I did away with burdens placed upon them by the emperors before me, seen the politicians broil and rage as the people's lives were made easier from the arts and festivals and sports I created for them, nor have you seen how swiftly and thoroughly I rebuilt the land after conflagration reduced it to ashes.

But alas, I've said too much. Children often grow bored and cease listening unless you reduce it to three sentences.