Yes, I imagine they would. It is how I gained more information about my own power.

I do. Unfortunately, my progress was interrupted by this little inconvenience we find ourselves in, currently. [there's a bit of a cold tone that comes with that word, inconvenience. although being here has taught him a lot, he is a little miffed that he has to sit around here instead of playing his cards to get to the throne]

I have never traveled so far! But cold and wet sounds very much the opposite of Egypt. It is mostly desert, dry and hot.

[his grin grows a little wider at her answer. as irritated as it was, it shows that she's thought about this, that she resents the idea of sitting around and doing nothing with her mind] I take no offense; you are correct in a sense. Though a woman is essential in the process of having a child, a family, a life -- they do not always learn what men do. Sometimes, that is no fault of their own. What is truly baffling to me is a noble woman from a well off family ... with access to teachers and the resources to become intelligent, yet with no desire to do so.