The little princess had an awfully buoyant and gay attitude compared to her stoic brother and oh so noble father. She seemed... oddly familiar, her presence more comfortable and relatable than other humans Kaede met with. It was slightly reminiscent of the feeling of being around her siblings. Kaede could have tried to poke further into this and tried to truly verify her suspicions but she decided against it since the girl was obviously hiding it for a reason. It would be rude and thoughtless to 'out' one of her own. So instead her eyes glinted with a knowing smile and she gave a nonchalant bow to their majesties and said her piece.

[b]"Ronin Kaede, at your service! I'm here for simply interest and generally helpful leanings. You need to get somewhere and I'm assuming its important so if I can help then I might as well! I doubt there are many with my experience and skill, you made a good choice!"[/b]

She grinned jovially to the other chosen guardians, all of them looking awfully interesting and a few looking particularly competant. She actually vaguely recognised one of them from her travels and knowledge of all manner of wars and battles. Kushiami Asuka, leader of the 'Shi no Kami' a very well known and feared battalion. Kaede had run into them briefly on a battlefield and had certainly noted their Captain's remarkable skill, cutting through Kaede's carefully planned ranks like paper while all normal soldiers beat against it like water on rock. She probably exceeded Kaede in talent, their brief duel that had been interrupted had been long enough to tell her that much. It was good they weren't enemies now, such a stirring and stalwart figure she was and so handsome! Kaede was quite starstruck. Although she certainly seemed different from when they last met, that demure face very odd from her previous cold murderous glare. Kaede reflexively twitched her eye and resisted her hand wanting to rush up and clutch at spurting blood that wasn't there. She had never wanted to seek revenge for anything in her life and that encounter had left her more admiring than angry. She hoped Kushiami would feel the same since she really wanted to know where she learned that swift upper-cut with that oh so cunning aft twirl.