Teren's smirk becomes a thin line. Is that part of what Nathaniel told Kaisa? She should've known.
"You won't have to be," she assures the girl, "because my duties are still mine, I was never a Senior Warden, and the title's hardly but a load of rot with a tendency to swell a person's head." In hindsight she might realize that saying so is an insult to Kaisa, but despite her airs, Teren isn't always so excellent at filtering her commentary.
"Nothing has changed aside from Howe deciding that you're at least nominally his equal, a high honor indeed."