"If you can record her, then you can find out if she's planning anything-what if I make you a bug? If it's small and subtle enough, she'll never feel it-you'd have to hide it in something she always has on her person, but I think I could make you one!"
"She'd see this as an excuse to throw my stepsisters at you-try to marry them off to a rich prince, y'know? She'd probably separate me from you-she's already itching for an excuse to get rid of me-maybe she'll sell me off the draft or somethin'-tell you I "volunteered to help my country!" or some crap. And even if she doesn't find out about you, more money just means more that she takes."