[ Tama does mull the information over, as if trying to remember Kawase talking about any history of the medical program stuff, but...it's not as if he's been keen to discuss his studies. Given everything going on in their lives, he understands why now, but it only makes his absence feel more acute in the moment, so he reluctantly shoves the thought off in to the back recesses of his mind. ]

Your- [ No, wait. Tama might not care much for standing on ceremony, but surely a Queen deserves his manners. He'd not want people to mock the Emperor, even if the guy is kind of...well. Uncharismatic. ] I mean, being part of Her Majesty's high court, then getting to one of the hells...this is quite an. Unfortunate step downward, yes. [ He's always easily swayed to sympathy when people actually make it apparent their loyalties are, y'know, real. And calling the Queen 'her Majesty' when she can't even hear it surely counts as that, doesn't it? ] At least the Enma is a lord of the hells. It would be much more dire had one of the other groups insisted on paying your pledge...oni don't seem as if they would get on with the spirit of the European powers whatsoever.