Oof. That actually...really quite hurt. They're both somewhat bad people, but both Mielle and Aria's tears worked on me splendidly this chapter.
Aria...is super stressed out, thinks that her only lifeline is escaping her, and probably actually legitimately craves some human kindness for once in her life.
Of course, poor, naive, good-hearted Oscar is gonna be unfairly torn up by this. Hey, if he's lucky, this will be the trigger for him to break away from his bitch sister and decide things for himself more, if nothing else.
...Hmm. Turns out that the whole mistake wasn't bad intel, but the prince deliberately making the mistake. Cool. Aides don't get no respect.