Sina beamed at Ziya's playful expression, and at her question. "Well, you know that Ozymandias has to do something exceptional for me to compliment him," she said playfully. "But I think he's — more willing to think through new things, than those who are entrenched in the Ministry." Complimenting Ozymandias in public was unusual for her; it also held the risk of leading to later embarrassment, if her words got back to him and he quoted her.

She took a small sip of his champagne. "But he's not so far outside the Ministry that he wouldn't get anything done," she added, a clear jab towards Wright. "And — well, I don't like that we have so many purebloods running." Everyone except for her husband and Whitledge was a pureblood — and Whitledge was barely older than Anandhita.