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Was Honerva more close to Alfor or Melenor?

I was rewatching the first season of Voltron, when at a certain point I come to the episode where the castle was "bewitched" by the Galra crystal. There we could see in a more gross and defined way the father-daughter relationship that once existed from King Alfor and Allura. The episode was, as always, touching when Allura had to give up her father's artificial intelligence, manually disconnecting it while she was surrounded by all their fond memories. In fact, what the first season and the others to follow wants to show us is the beautiful relationship they had and how she was linked to him. And then comes the eighth season, episode "Clean day", in which while Honerva tries to convince Allura to absorb the dark creature and does so through Lotor, Lance and… her mother? Seriously after all this constant insight into the peaceful relationship between Allura and Alfor we finally meet Melenor and find out that they were very close too? Or maybe there's something more? Following the Renaissance models of the nobility, during holidays or ceremonies it was normal to divide men from women, so I theorize that, despite Honerva and Alfor being school and adventure companions (as is shown in her memories in s8), after having married Zarkon found herself forced to meet only with Melenor, the queen of Altea. As a result, she may have seen during one of these meetings how she treated Allura. So here, did that character choice come spontaneously because she knew her better or was it a better strategy?