She could sense he was feeling sorry for her, she had long gotten used to his clemency and learned to ignore it. He didn't show it to her nor did he say it out loud like other people did which infuriated and annoyed her to no end so she does not bother to correct him as she did them. She didn't want pity. "I am a Zhou." She adds after a moment of thought "You and I, I have said before, we are very much alike. Things like familial love and warmth, we do not need it to thrive in the dark after being cast away."