People are always SO surprised to see a Pippins that conducts herself with as much authority as I do. We're hardly respected by our fellow Darkners, after all.
I say ... I don't expect to be given respect by default. So that's why, instead waiting for it to fall into my lap, I 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵.