She bowed respectfully. "With all due respect, your highness, I do not like to bray like many of the fulsome and highly decorated guards before me. I am not the best, nor am I the worst. However, I am from Jurjunaar, and my name is Kirai Uesugi, the Blade of Black Flames. Whatever you request of me, I will carry it out without inadvertent behavior, and with no extraneous caviling." She took a breath and stood tall. Being the only female guard never really got to her, so why change now?