"That's right, you never heard the whole story, did you?" She deflates a little, a little embarrassed.

"Before, when he was still Jeddak, we were facing annihilation by Zodanga. He gave me to their Jeddak, Sab Than, as a last ditch attempt at a peace deal. Only Sab Than was a pawn of the Thern, and they tried to have me murdered at our wedding ceremony. Needless to say, that didn't happen. He is and always will be my father, and I love him. But that was the last time he got any say in my future and my family."