“It would have been a political coup, of course, for Lamoni to marry his daughter to a Nephite prince. But the issue is more complex than we might appreciate at first. Both men seemed to understand that Ammon’s new status in the Lamanite realm could be linked to Ammon’s former status back home, that of a prince. But Ammon refused to allow his royal standing to enter into the discussion” (Brown, Voices from the Dust, 95).