Harker chortled at Leid's little musing. "Oh, haha, I'm sure many more are getting drunk and loud already in the Grand Hall..." Gareth gathered from the crowds entering the gates that a vast number of people were congregated in other areas of the palace. After all, it made no sense for a large crowd to enter and for the only populated area to be the throne room, sparsely. "Perhaps the celebration simply hasn't made its way to this room quite yet. It will be very still and quiet here until the king comes... or more people arrive, or both." He trailed off a little and found his thoughts again. The half-elf concluded that Karl formerly worked under the king or something, which would explain his social status. Idly he stood with Karl there, in silence, analyzing the status of the room again. "Hmm... I'm a little shy, but I suppose, ah, we could collect with the other group standing over there by that guard." Admittedly, Harker's conversation with Karl exhausted a lot of the topics he would cross with a stranger, and because he did not want to lose Karl's interest by being a boring conversation partner, Gareth attempted to encourage Karl and himself to join the other group, in hopes of maintaining a good impression. "Any idea of what I should speak of escapes me... maybe they have an interesting discussion for you and me."