"I'm so sorry the troubles my child has caused all these years..."
"Please do not apologise, Mis...uh..."
"Just...Miss Demond is fine."
"Right. Miss Demond. Please do not apologise." Elsara petted the doggy lying on all-four right beside her, the diplomat's smile practised and mannered. "Having disciplined this child of yours must be a difficulty beyond my imagination."
"I thank you sincerely for your understanding, Queen Elsara." Witch Demond bowed as Adrei tapped her wife's trembling back, as Yasen (who still had a large footprint on her face), with a grinning face, poked Alice's blushing cheek who burrowed her gaze onto the ground.
"Ah, and there seems to be more we can discuss, particularly regarding the Peace Banquet, and the aftermath of Rouen." The Queen gestured to the side. "Shall we walk our puppy to look for the Protector of Rouen while we talk the rest?"
