[It's odd, having him go from bowing one moment to openly disagreeing with her the next. It knocks her off balance ever so slightly, as if having a soldier talk back to her. It takes her a moment to realize that her status does not exist here again and that she did not actually provide an order.]
no subject
I want to leave--
[That is her immediate answer.
But then she pauses.]
.... but I don't need you to protect me.