627 Goodbye to the Beasts Reader Q & A - Part 2: QUEEN OF BEASTS

Q. How did Elia manage being queen and with young kids back to back without her advisor and best friend?

A. It was very stressful for her, but not as stressful as it would have been in this world. The Anima work very different in two key ways:

Firstly, they believe offspring learn by observation. So to the Anima it would be completely natural for Elia to have meetings or events and have the kids with her, even when they were babies. She struggled with that more than the Anima did, because she's not used to that. But once she realized the other aspect of things, it got a lot easier for her;