She just strikes me as ill-tempered and troublesome... and also as the most intelligent member of the group. It is a combination that I believe makes her somewhat admirable, but also extremely dangerous.

[it's kind of a game recognizing game sort of thing...]

Nevertheless, they did spare an ancient ice witch that I had freed who had been terrorizing a local kingdom because said ice witch had captured the fancy of the queen and presumably agreed not to cause any more trouble, so... perhaps my chances are fine.