Of course she was doing it deliberately--and Zelda was fairly certain he realized that. It wasn't enough, however, to get her to stop. She was zeroing in on an insecurity, which meant that she had to press onward.

"So...you plan to stay, and yet you tell me this place isn't fitting for me, that I would be better suited to courtly life."

It wasn't said with any hint of being offended, in fact, there was a wry smile on her face.