“I know you don’t want to be touched, that’s all right. But you’re safe. I don’t know how you managed to escape, but you did. You are alive, you will survive this. I know this because I survived. You know that, too. They tried to destroy you by taking your pride and your strength, but those things cannot be taken. Not from you. Not ever. We’re going to change your clothes, fix your hair, we are going to erase any mark of their hands on you. We are going to do this for you and for Francis, and for Scotland, and for France. They tried to diminish a king tonight by degrading a queen, and they will not succeed. Because the world will never know what they did to you. Because you will walk out of here and you will face your court as if this - never happened. Yes, you can. You have to. Mary, your guards saw you. You must put to rest any rumors, immediately. These next moments of your life will either define you as a victim or a powerful queen untouched by a failed assassination attempt. They will define who you are perceived to be. Your place in history. Do not let them win.”