"Thank you." He bows his head again, this time out of respect. Whether or not she wants it to be known, she is his queen and if she's going to be queenly he's going to be polite. "Knowing that we won makes it worth it. I've seen first hand what the Boche- sorry, the Germans- do if they get their way. Glad it was stopped."

He doesn't know what else to say. It had stopped being about borders and country pride for him what feels like a long time ago, though he knows it's been a few months. By the time he'd left, he'd just been fighting to keep everyone he still had safe.