[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/tBvuRMj.png[/img][/center][center][h1][color=#f7022a]Lancer of Red[/color][/h1][code][Current location: Red faction manor, roof.][/code][/center]
A few floors above Johann, Lancer gently smiled. [color=#f7022a][i]"Well done, Master. A fine assessment, and a wise precaution."[/i][/color]  She was glad to know that he was looking out for himself. He might have been young, but he was capable and respectful, and she appreciated both of those traits in him... [i]He could stand to be a little more confident, however,[/i] she thought to herself. An emperor would not have 'tried to propose' a plan, he would simply have carried it out, drawing his allies along with charm and cunning and regal charisma. Johann might not have been a monarch, but to command Fu Hao was to hold a power greater than kings, and all the responsibility that came with it.

She sat back, watching Baldwin leaping over rooftops in the distance as lightning flashed bright on the horizon. The spell was nothing powerful enough to have affected her, but the sight made her heart speed up a little, excited by thoughts of what must be going on out there. [color=#f7022a][i]"A storm falls upon our allies,"[/i][/color] she commented to Johann, careful to keep any hint of impatience out of her tone. [color=#f7022a][i]"Have you told them of your plan?"[/i][/color] She didn't want to force his hand, not cut him off and start acting on her own. Yet she felt that he needed a little push, perhaps, something to quell his doubts and nudge him towards a decision.

[color=#f7022a][i]"It is well that you should seek advice,"[/i][/color] she said, her tone soft, [color=#f7022a][i]"But no matter how wise or well-learned the mages of Red would claim to be, only you are fit to be my Master. I trust in your judgement more than any of theirs; I obey your word and no other."[/i][/color]