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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cerebral Paladin" data-source="post: 3151978" data-attributes="member: 3448">Princess Kaitlyn began with a discussion of how much she admired Canberry City.  “It is so much grander than anything we have been able to rebuild as we try to make our own settlements.  But it is only fitting that you would rule from a glorious capital, your grace.  You will clearly be a strong and famed ruler.”Her efforts at flattery were rather more transparent than she might have hoped, but Alistair judged that she would be more impressed by confirmation that she should respect his abilities than by any attempt at modesty.  “Thank you, your highness.  One of my few regrets about assuming the throne is that I will not be able to personally fight injustice as I could when I was younger.  On our return trip to Canberry, we liberated a barony from the evil priest who had usurped the rule.”  He began telling some amusing but self-aggrandizing stories about battling slavers and fighting off drow assassins on the trip back to Canberry.<<Oh, dear, he’s bragging again.>> thought Dame Brionna.<<He makes it sound like there were 50 drow!  There were a total of about 5, and I got one and you got two!>><<I’ll see what I can do to prevent him from seeming too full of himself.>>As Dame Brionna began to interject some stories of the trip back, Kit thought eagerly.  <<Ooh, ooh, tell her about his pants falling down while we were fighting the werewolf. >> She paused and thought to herself for a moment.  <<Or maybe not…>>Dame Brionna lightened up the conversation with some tales of some of the stranger moments in their journey, such as the battle where they were aided by a group of clown golems.  She also described Alistair’s efforts to gently dissuade the young boy who wanted to help them fight the drow, earning a pleased smile from the Princess.“But, surely, our adventures pale in light of your own,” added Alistair.  “Your efforts to fight off the slavers and brigands who menace your people are famed throughout Drucien.”A thin smile crossed Princess Kaitlyn’s face.  “Thank you, your grace.  I but try to fulfill my family’s duties.”  As Alistair continued to flatter her, she warmed a little as everyone strived to make a positive impression.  She even began trying to draw Princess Cecilia into the conversation.<<Uh-oh,>> thought Dame Brionna.  <<What will Cecilia say?>><<Nothing good,>> replied Kit.  <<Something amusing.>>Sure enough, no sooner had Princess Kaitlyn said a pleasantry to Cecilia than the matron reached over and patted her hand gently with a patronizing smile.  “All you need to do is to make a favorable marriage.  I know that it can seem a trying task at times, but…”</blockquote>

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