( the slower speed might not be getting them anywhere quickly but it's a relaxed ride, one that's easier than when rowena was driving. it lets her lean back a little more comfortably into the seat (which is a challenge given that it isn't comfortable), looking out of the window to try and see something about the landscape until he speaks )

Being the Queen is certainly better than simply existing in Hell.

( the demons that had held grudges against her from fergus's reign had been the first she'd killed or coerced into falling in line. she wasn't asking any risks about their treatment or revenge against her )

And I've been making some changes. Hell could never be pleasant, and for some it should be Hell, but there are other ways to run things than what any predecessor has done before.