The queen listened to the explanation, perhaps trying to pry out any detection of lie to the tale. But it seemed genuine, and unlikely something the human would make up just to try and impress her.

"Humans eventually die." he stated. "How did she meet her end? Assassinated? Poison? Or merely her body failing her?" Wraith, for the most part, lived impossibly long lives, even taking the time spent in hibernation out of the equation. So any end for them was unnatural.

Still, it'd be nice to know how her name's predecessor had passed. In battle was the best way to die, but from what little she knew of human hierarchy, those of great position or wealth rarely put their own lives on the line for any reason.