"Safe as anyone can be here- and ehn- watch it with the 'his highness'. I know, but not everyone knows, and probably better to keep it that way."

Darcy draws a little closer still, "he got here... a couple of months ago, I think. Sorry- 'm Darcy, I've been here for... too long, so I'm sort of part of the welcome wagon."

...

"Figure of speech, to be clear," since now she knows this guy is presumably also medieval.