"Does it? I admit, I've scarce thought of you at all in this world." His smile was thin and neither cruel or mocking. In truth, she had been beneath his notice all this time. The Twili had only ever been a means to an end. It could have all easily gone another way, where she would have been his servant instead of Zant. She was not an enemy so much as a nuisance. But, in this world, she now had something of value: a Shard. "It will not please you, but here in this court we are situated as allies, for whatever worth that has."

Certainly he had no desire to work side by side with her or bring her into his own plans. But she could easily become a thorn in his side. It was all a matter of determining how best to work with or around her.