"Ah. The R word. I see." Maeve had a feeling it was sort of something like that. "Maximilien isn't necessarily as bad as he seems, but then again, I guess he is if you make him angry. But that's true of most of us. Humans included." She shrugs. "As long as you have learned, though? For your own sake, I wouldn't call anyone that unless they specifically request or prefer it. I don't particularly care one way or another. I don't have the same history with the word. But I do my best to warn others of it when they are new and we meet. Mostly so no one else attacks them."

Not that that would have really helped Rich. "I understand it likely didn't help you terribly much. But...that's more the showing up after you."