Perhaps it is a human thing, to look upon such beauty and fail to encompass it.
He didn't look insane or inhuman. He did look uncooperative.
He looked at her rather as a man looks at a problem that he would very much prefer to do without. She supposed it was a distinction of a sort to be a harassment to a king.
It's hard to look too grand when you're led by someone who looks like a pudding with legs.
One doesn't generally look into mirrors when one is especially angry; one has better things to do, like pace the floor or throw things.