[Padmé can totally understand the whole 'my life is nothing but my work' mentality. It's who she is too. So much that she's nearly been killed more than once just trying to do it and she goes back to it every time.

Not even the loss of Cordé and a few other of her handmaidens can stop her. Much to Captain Panaka, Obi-Wan and Anakin's dismay.

She looks over at her companion with an interested look. She's always found other cultures fascinating. Understanding differences is how a politician gain footholds, after all.]

So, it's more of a tradition than an actual preventative measure. [She nods in thought.] I suppose that's as important as anything else.

[A small, white hand comes out of the red sleeves of her yukata to take the other woman's hand.]

Padmé Amidala. I'm not sure that I'm quite to the frustrated part just yet. But, I do find a knowledge of my terrain helps a great deal.