"You are no Barrayaran subject," Olivia points out calmly, meeting his gaze. "And therefore are not beholden to the" narrow "confines of our culture. You may insult someone by doing so." Or slight her honor by not recognizing her rank at all. Marriage had not robbed her of being Vorbarra in anything other than name, and she still holds the title of Princess because of it.

"A deeper incline of your head will suffice," she says, giving him a slight bow of her's as an example.