[h2][center]Gillian[/center][/h2]

Gill felt a thin trickle of sweat roll down his neck as soon as the Princesses words hit her teeth. [color=00aeef][i]"And the old Reynuad charm rears its head once again."[/i][/color] He thinks, trying hard to keep the sudden onset of embarrassment from his face. A Rose wouldn't bat an eye at such language, regardless of offence being taken or not. God knows he tried baiting more than a few of his more religiously inclined fellows when times were slow with lesser things. 

But Eliabelle was not a Rose, by any other name or otherwise. A more delicate vernacular was probably the norm for her. He racked his brain for a moment, trying to remeber what Parnella had taught him about courtly conduct before remembering that consisted of the distressingly short list of: 'Fuck' and 'all'. 

[color=00aeef]"...Aw fuck it."[/color] He huffs, relaxing back into his chair as he opted for the method that had yet to fail him. Doubling down and just owning it. [color=00aeef]"Sorry for the language your Highness. I'm uh...not much a dab hand at that whole..."[/color] He starts, waving his hand dismissively as though to shoo away some unwanted pest. [color=00aeef]"courtly etiquette shit. As you might have seen with my little tiff with that bootlicker Velbrance."[/color] He added, bristling slightly as the memory of the slug in question re-entered his thoughts. 

[color=00aeef]"Don't mean to offend by it though. Common folk tend to get jumpy when a Reliquary rocks into town."[/color] He said dully, tapping a knuckle against his shoulder. [color=00aeef]"Talking like that tends to put them...well not at ease, the superstitious fuckers, but it helps. Them thinking I'm just an ineloquent vagabond is a damn site preferable to some boogey man for the church."[/color] He added with a shrug. 

It was a trick that Parnella had taught him a long time ago. Reliquaries often didn't have the benefit of looking the part when it came to being the dashing knight, even if it was occasionally true. And intimidating a bunch of helpless farm hands that you were trying to SAVE wasn't exactly helpful most times. Better them think poorly of you and alive than distrustful and dead. 
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