Anastasia looked over her shoulder when Samsul looked up at Eric. She smiled at him, glad to hear him call her Anastasia. She would have to pick who she wanted to call her by her first name, she didn't need anyone getting in troubled at her expense. She turned back around once Eric left and nodded at Samsul's reasoning for having asked someone else to watch her, "Reason enough... I don't see how anyone could deny the Queen of her wishes."

She watched him for a moment, then looked down at the table, "You seem to like being around my mother... You don't seem the same around me... Do you wish you could be watching over her still?"