No matter the terms and cultural understandings of her own world, Moiraine Damodred Aes Sedai has, among other things, been a visitor and sometime resident of Milliways for several years, a resident of Twin Peaks, and due to her adoption-in-spirit as sister, rather exposed to the unquenchable personalities of Raven and Ace.

It has been some time since she has been this glad of it, where cultural context is concerned.

"I see," she says, and gives Bar a long, steady look before turning back to Harrow.

"You spoke of chivalry before, as I recall, when we were discussing Warders, so I will presume you have knowledge of that term. In the historical usage of it, in some worlds, there is an assumption that chivalry is a predominantly male behavioral code. There was a saying for a while in some worlds, due to a presumed or perceived dearth of politeness, that chivalry was dead and its tenets no more."

She taps the page in Harrow's journal.

"In these same worlds, 'butch' is a term for a lesbian woman, one who loves other women--"

Her Cairhienin upbringing attempts to strangle her to prevent her from speaking of such private affairs, but she suppresses it, although her color may be slightly heightened.

"--and who chooses to adopt fashion and mannerisms that might be more commonly observed among men."