"Indeed, you should know when to listen to your betters seeing as you are better than no one here," Osanne said cooly in response to Vryo's comment, more than used to dumb pricks like him whose ego was more than big enough to be a country all its own- of course with a religion that worshipped him. She turned and started back towards Balan seeing as the quarrel had settled. She sighed seeing Adralyn had wandered over to a group, but knew her shadow was close at hand. She looked at the group standing in front of the royals, taking her place on the other side of Esmeralda, who smiled lightly at the compliment, thanking her.

She, of course, had not meant her concern to be an insult to anyone in the garden, but she always worried whenever Balan charged off without at least more of his trained guard with him than what he already had- even if he was taking a platoon, she'd insist he needed at least one more platoon to go with it.

"Welcome," Balan almost seemed to grunt, "The more the merrier it seems, but all the help we can get is appreciated," he said, adding on the last part quicker than he originally was going to when he got a sideways glare from Esmeralda, "This is your chance to make sure you're not lacking in equipment and to mentally prepare yourself for the journey we're going to make. If you feel you should get acquainted with your peers, it would seem there are plenty gathering over there," he motioned towards the group that Adralyn was speaking to. 
A thin female in a nursemaid's outfit had silently made her way from the far side of the garden over to said group, coming up behind Adralyn and putting her hands on the princesses shoulders as she smiled in delight at the two actually answering her questions. She looked up at the woman and pouted, "Awwww."
"Thank you for entertaining her inquiries, but I believe it is time for the princess to return inside and resume her studies," she said with an icy smile before turning said girl around, almost forcing the movement since Adralyn had no care to return to her studies. Esmeralda nodded her thanks to the woman, who after a moment of Adralyn insisting she'd finished her studies swung the young princess over her shoulder and carried her inside. 

Though Balan's attention had been seemingly focused on what was directly around him, he was observing the group that had answered his call. How did they interact with each other, what kind of ways did they introduce themselves, were they going to be the kind of person to try and battle for power, or were the kind that was going to do what was told when told to do so? The foreign armor had his attention the second he saw it, and he was wondering what the story behind that was considering his reaction to the ladies lance. If he had a problem with hers, Balan smirked a little wondering how he was going to react when he saw his. 
"I suppose we should bring the horses out and figure out what they can ride and if we need some sort of carriage for those who just can't ride horses," he said and looked towards the other end of the garden. He made a hand motion to a man standing over there. Of course, this made the groundskeeper that was fussing at Mazzie for eating his bush upset because that meant the Emperor's own horse was about to be brought out, and that monstrous hoof print always ruined everything it ended up on.

Balan then turned to the group that was standing off to the side, the one Adralyn had been abducted from, "You there. Come on over," he motioned with his hand, though that many people being close to him made Osanne a little wary, her eyes narrowing a bit. Esmeralda leaned her head back to look around her, watching a few guards came out with various steeds of size and colors (I'm letting you figure out what kind of horse you want to ride), lining them up along the path. The last guard came out, leading a monumental horse. Balan groaned a little as he saw his horse as the mane had been quite thoroughly braided. His horse, however, did not seem to mind in the slightest. He was brought over to Balan and he took the reigns before addressing those in front of him, "For those of you with some riding experience, find you a steed you think you can ride. If you need to mount a few to find a comfortable ride, feel free to," he said, motioning for them to go to the horses, "Don't worry. Last I checked, none of those bite."