His ears fold down at that question, his expression darkening with a well known resentment.

"Because I hate that bitch, mostly," he says, "and she probably wants to kill me and most of my friends." He pauses for a moment after that, before adding, "and before you say anything about me using the information to bargain my way out of that, it isn't going to happen. You probably already know how things go in the Empire for trolls like me."