Queen Vera smiled, black eye crinkling with age at the edges. "It is my pleasure." She said with a curtsy. "I hope it is not too much trouble that I bring my daughter as well. She is at that age where learning council politics is very important." The Queen's very essence seemed to ebb with motherly tenderness with briars underneath.

Princess Aleia bowed deeply. "It is a pleasure to be here, Lord Sonrah." The princess had a look about her that was somewhat detached, as though her mind was elsewhere.