Lexine took another quick look around the yard as the two emerged from the crowd, looking around to take stock of the situation. The king had arrived, and that put a deep dread in her. They'd been right in assuming the worst and now she was down another man in all probability. She caught herself grinding her teeth in the frustration as she marched along behind Thomas. She was going to miss her chance because of some busybody knight. When they arrived at the door, which was not giving her any positive feelings about their arrangement, she began to disarm after Thomas. She removed her belt, tossing it aside before pulling her shirt untucked to get at the belt worn under it. A sheathe bearing the two tiny, press-forged knives that had shown. After that, she produced another set from within the cuffs of her shirt. Another pair came from belts just above the shin tied around her boots. She tossed away a pair of black gloves and an accompanying roll of black cloth wrap. Last to go was her tie, which clattered suspiciously as it landed. There were a few she wasn't about to undress just to remove, but disarming was really just a gesture at this point. "I'm sure history will appreciate this farce some day, too," she quipped, walking into the interrogation room and immediately contemplating escape while waiting for the knight to lock her in alone. She didn't expect much from him, but it wasn't a reason to start a fight so soon.

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His knights wanted to get on with it, apparently. The king's knights took to sorting the gift pile almost as soon as he had found himself seated, and one by one they would be inspected by the first man and presented to him. It all seemed rather stuffy but he [i]was[/i] the king now, with all that meant. As each parcel came to him in slow order, he acknowledged the family, house, or nation that had brought such a gift. The Lyoki sword, and the small box seemed to be sitting towards the end of the pile, away from where the knight had begun to process, but seeing as it was only the midnight feast they would be upon those particular gifts rather quickly. In the meantime, the king continued to pass through books and jewelry as more and more guests took their seats or returned to the area of the feast. Things had quieted down some, but only just, as the party very much lived.