p. 382 "If this is true - and we will not do ourselves the honor of doubting Her Majesty's own words -...." 1) typo? 2) It's honorable to doubt what the Empress says? or 3) It, and its variants, are meaningless phrases, and Paarfi could have told an audience of Dragonlords to do themselves the honor of thinking they're Teckla, without needing to demonstrate the ability to win a title in the House of the Dzur immediately thereafter.