Not all the time, just as a punishment if the king finds you've stepped too far out of line.

[Spoken with the same resigned acceptance of somebody who was very nearly sent off to one herself. After having the looming threat of it hang over her head for the better half of six months, it was simply... exhausting.

Her father being the one to give the go-ahead didn't help. God, she wonders where her dad is. Does he have any idea where she's gone?]

But you could say that again. This school-kidnapping-trap-thing, is getting messier by the minute.