[She notes that bitterness, and remembers the young man she talked to not all that long ago... the one who claimed to be Kayneth's successor, and painted a very different portrait of her friend than the one she knew. She knows she should talk to him about that, but she really doesn't want to bring up something so guaranteed to make him upset.]

I would like that! Since family history is so important in magical ability where you come from, I think knowing a bit about yours might help me understand your world a bit more. Besides, I've always been fascinated by the complex family trees of nobles. I've traced genealogies back hundreds of years before.