Shira, the other woman, leaned back. "Y'know, I like her," she said, her eyes dancing.
Cassidy nodded, clearly agreeing, but her voice wand face were more serious. "I will need to speak to those involved with the spell to find out exactly what was done to bring you here. I assure you I will get to the bottom of this, Aerith."
"Lady Cassidy...." Hikeadea began.
"That was not a suggestion, Prince," Cassidy said firmly. Then she softened slightly. "I will have the Steward send a message arranging a meeting time."
"I could just..." Hikaeda offered, but stopped when he saw her look.
"Protocol dictates that the Steward sent the request. You are welcome to tell them as well if you wish, but Protocol will be followed."
"Is there no flexibility in Protocol in a case like this?" Spere asked.
"Ordinarily, yes. But the Protocol instructors have requested a firmer hand until Protocol is understood as instinctively here as it is in Kaleer. Then the exceptions can be considered."
The males around the table nodded.
"Besides, no one enjoys being the one to tell the others that the Queen is *****ed off," Shira drawled.
"That too," Cassie acknowledged with a twitch of her lips. She focused on Aerith again. "Alright, you are Aerith, we aren't asking you to be anything else. We are just trying to understand so we know how best to help."
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Cassidy nodded, clearly agreeing, but her voice wand face were more serious. "I will need to speak to those involved with the spell to find out exactly what was done to bring you here. I assure you I will get to the bottom of this, Aerith."
"Lady Cassidy...." Hikeadea began.
"That was not a suggestion, Prince," Cassidy said firmly. Then she softened slightly. "I will have the Steward send a message arranging a meeting time."
"I could just..." Hikaeda offered, but stopped when he saw her look.
"Protocol dictates that the Steward sent the request. You are welcome to tell them as well if you wish, but Protocol will be followed."
"Is there no flexibility in Protocol in a case like this?" Spere asked.
"Ordinarily, yes. But the Protocol instructors have requested a firmer hand until Protocol is understood as instinctively here as it is in Kaleer. Then the exceptions can be considered."
The males around the table nodded.
"Besides, no one enjoys being the one to tell the others that the Queen is *****ed off," Shira drawled.
"That too," Cassie acknowledged with a twitch of her lips. She focused on Aerith again. "Alright, you are Aerith, we aren't asking you to be anything else. We are just trying to understand so we know how best to help."