[ The problem is that Nikolai doesn't care much about status. He knows that Thorin is a King, but that's not why he died to save him. Thorin is a living, breathing person; that's more than reason enough.

He slides his eyes over to him, and quirks his eyes up. ]

I am not one of your subjects. [ Shrugs. ] No more Kings or Princes left in my country, so your command, it means nothing to me.

[ If he's in a different mood, then those words would've sounded teasing. But now they're just flat, and Nikolai looks away again, flicking the ash of his cigarette on the ground. ]

And I don't know what you mean by 'it'.