[Mekatra]

"You can be trained to be lord of an estate. So long as you have a good house steward and strong willed wife you wouldn't have to do much anyway." She waved off his concern with a little giggle. "Most men know next to nothing about running a household to be honest. They're always off fighting each other over stupid squabbles or here at court anyway. My father hasn't even been home over half the year. An estate is important to a titled noble because it gives them land to have serfs. They will pay taxes to you for use of your land, and in that way you are sustained financially."

She cocked her head to the side curiously again as he explained the differences. "It reminds me of that old faerie story where the girl turns into a beast at night and tries to hide it from her husband... it has a really sad ending though where he accidentally kills her in the hunt..."