Dan hopped out of the Gummi ship with a cheerful "alley oop", suitcase in one hand and box balanced neatly on the other one, leaving behind a very weary looking moogle. It should have been impossible for a creature whose eyes were very nearly nonexistent to developed pronounced bags under them, and yet he had somehow managed it. A few of his kind fluttered up to him, actually worried, but all he said was, "He wanted to know about my whole life, Kupo. He doesn't sleep, Kupo. He doesn't sleep," before passing out at the controls. Concerned, the others pried him gently away from the wheel and carried him off to bed.

Dan, for him part, sucked in a big breath of fresh air and sighed contentedly. Whoever their host was had really rolled out the red carpet for them. A large palace, a personal aircraft for each of them, and all these nice men that had come out to make them feel welcome. He listened intently to the Sergeant of the Guard and the Wizard, and his eyes shot wide when they were informed that they were bound to meet an Emperor. 

It only made sense when he thought back to the sheer size of this Palace. You didn't put anyone short of a king in something this magnificent. Dan had never met royalty before, and as he looked at the gift in his hand he felt for the first time that it might be woefully inadequate. 

Still, maybe the other delegates to this war council had the more pedestrian tastes necessary to appreciate it. Most of them were adults, of course. He was used to that. One of them he could even swear was a fellow Paladin, except no Paladin Dan had ever known wore cool NASA future armor like...Stefan, that's who he must be....did. He was actually most surprised to see someone else his age in the group. The wizard had named this one Auxentia while taking the liberty of introducing the three of them. They hadn't introduced the last two, only that they were embroiled in some kind of conflict, but he could always get their names later. Right now wasn't the time for introductions or the exchange of gifts, you weren't supposed to keep royalty waiting.

He bowed his head to the two of them. "It's my honor to be chosen from among all the warriors of my world." he said.