This ...was going to spiral out of control quickly. "Sorry..." she said slowly, a quirky grin on her lips to play this off as a gag as well. "I didn't realize I was ...jumping ahead." Actually she was privately relieved she could make sure she didn't physically slow down that much, but...

"It's a quiet country village about a day's journey from the Castle. It's more or less a very peaceful place, although there are a few scattered occasions of ogre attacks. Our Prince is a little... lacking in responsibility. I don't really know how much we will be able to rely on him after his coronation. His uncle, the Regent passes all of the laws in his stead and... they're just awful."

Slow enough?