"That's good. Any change in rank is difficult." More difficult, of course, when you dropped ranks, like she had, but she was only twenty. There was more than enough time to rise back up to Seven again. Or higher, if she wanted. She smiled though, at the compliment. "It just takes practice, I think. I was running the Heart finance office last year, so I got lots of it."

She regards the cufflinks and tie tack critically, and then nods. "They're lovely. Very suitable for the King of Diamonds, I think."