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[color=4169E1]- [I]Madeline Bridges[/I][/color]
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	Out of the corner of her eye, Lyra caught sight of the small puppy running across the lawn, followed promptly by its handler, but she didn't think much of it as her mind was preoccupied by other more important things. She glanced back at Arya and nodded her head at the ExtraOrdinary Wizard's words, before dutifully returning her attention to Lady Maehers and Lord Laine. 

	She flinched almost imperceptibly as Richard hissed at her, and her hand started to instinctively gravitate to the hilt of her sword before she quickly stopped its trajectory. She instead chose to lace her hands in front of her. Drawing a weapon would surely only make matters much, much worse, and at the moment, she had more than just her own safety to be concerned about. She was fully aware of the ExtraOrdinary Wizard and the ExtraOrdinary Wizard Apprentice flanking her as well as her Queen, Asha, Cuyler, Myrus, and a handful of others not far behind her. Not to mention there were still many civilians attempting to escape The Palace Lawn. No, enough blood had already been shed this day.

	Lyra graciously bowed her head to Richard before her gaze drifted to Thalia in order to see her reaction. Yet, before the woman could reply Lyra heard her Queen speak up. She turned to face Valda for a moment, curtsying and averting her gaze respectfully to her. As her gaze slowly came back up though, shock registered on her face at Valda's proclamation, and her breath escaped her in a small gasp. She blinked rapidly as if to wake herself up, or perhaps it was to keep back the tears that threatened to fall. She glanced back at Thalia and Richard, biting her lip before looking back at her Queen. [color=4169E1]"I-I am honored beyond words, Your Grace. But can we please wait until after I reunite these parents with their child? Surely they have waited long enough?"[/color] she finally spoke up, once again putting others before herself. If the Queen agreed to her request, she would then lead Thalia and Richard to her chambers where she had the dragon egg safely tucked away.