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“Ah I’m sure you sell yourself short, if the citizens of your march model you, it would be a lovely visit, regardless of the landscape.” Cassiopeia countered his harsh description of his land. Her duchy wasn’t the prettiest, since it shared a similar landscape in the north except for the southeastern corner. 

“Thank you.” Cassiopeia took the tart deftly from his hand, trying not to squish it as she did. She didn’t know the name of these, but they were quite delicious. She popped it into her mouth, washing it down with another sip of her wine. The combination, however, wasn’t the best and she did her best to contain her wince at the taste. 

“I understand, I’m here for roughly the same reason. Although I’ll admit, I’m not here to look for a match. More so to create new alliances.” Cassiopeia said, taking her attention off of his face and towards the ballroom. It was slowly filling up with nobles from all different corners of the world. Cassiopeia did know who Vesa was, in the most abstract of ways. She didn’t care, in fact his story had sparked the most ludicrous of ideas, if she didn’t find a husband at the end of this season. 

Cassiopeia returned her attention to Vesa, before seeing something next to him. 
“Ah, speaking of your fish.” Cassiopeia smiled as she grabbed two of them. They were breaded and seasoned cut into small pieces. Normally Cassi has these as a main course with some dip but this would do just fine. She handed one to him as she ate the other, it had just a little bit of heat to get rid of the previous combination she had eaten.