"Do you remember..." Karla began, and then looked at him. "No, you wouldn't have, would you. You never thought that being an adult meant that you could do as you pleased."

Karla reached for her water and sipped it. "I always knew that I'd have responsibilities as Queen and that I wouldn't be free to do whatever I wished, but there was a time that I thought that being an adult would mean a lot more in the way of personal freedoms."

Which, technically, it did. It also meant a lot more in the way of consequences.