#perhaps ayatul kursi will do the trick

[1dont-really-know]

Now that I've got time to cool down, I just realized that the Senate fits exactly in the description as to what drove Malva to mostly abandon her role as a princess in favor of life as a healer: the lack of genuine connection between individuals (the Senate treating the Draconia's as symbols more than people) and the lack of freedom in the castle walls (the Senate being overcontrolling as heck)