Jochi was silent for a moment. Revaz stared at him coldly, he knew what she thought. Beowulf however decided to start eating and so a loud *splort* interrupted the silence as he took mashed potato and added it to his dish.. Jochi spoke. "First and foremost, I would like to answer to Lady Elizabeth and state that my belief that the strangers will not bother invading us comes from war experience, in the fact that one invades only if the land he seeks is both worth holding and is holdable. Helgland is neither. The Earth does not bless us with crops or gems, but with earth quakes and volcanoes. If they will come to us to exterminate us, I salute their bravery. Now. I highly doubt that these foreigners are as bad as you would describe them and while their weapons may be fearsome indeed, I believe surprise, demilitarization following the end of the war as well as an admiralty too focused on enemies coming from in-land rather than from the sea..." He gave a side look to Henry while Revaz had a chuckle. "...could have caused you to suffer such a catastrophic defeat. As for your offer of marriage your majesty..."

Beowulf stopped eating while Revaz rolled her eyes. Jochi took the time to chose his words and proceeded hesitantly. "While I am quite certain my father would appreciate one of his grand son ruling Elianst and this would indeed cement a permanent alliance between our countries... Well." He stopped for a few seconds, but realized that there was no way to refuse this. "Well, I guess I can hardly refuse now can I." He said so with no real enthusiasm. Beowulf nodded negatively and muttered to himself. Revaz on the other hand got up and left, not before dropping a cynical comment. "Of course you take the easy way out, fucking cowardly traitor. Good luck for the rest, king Jochi of Elianst." Jochi grind his teeth but kept his composure. "It will take time for both our people to accept this, but this if for the better, for all of us. We will take control of the region you offer us immediately and I will message my father to mobilize his armies. You... we will do the same in Elianst. I trust you have deals to bring the other nations into the fold as well?"