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[h3]--Promise Made, Promise Kept--[/h3]

[color=76c0f0][b]"Of course, Mr. Agnarsson, and farewell, Mr. Zheng."[/b][/color] The silver-haired girl concluded her three-way conversation, it seemed everything that wanted to be said had been said, very good. Indeed it was for the best that Shou worked with Kiran instead, it wouldn't take a genius to put two-and-two together. Lucy thought that'd finally be the end of her own string of conversations, but it seemed the universe had other plans as the aforementioned Engineer of War arrived just as the Iceborn Pioneer was leaving. 

[color=76c0f0][b]"...?"[/b][/color] Then the blonde Russian prodigy proceeded to make a particularly odd statement, however, one that likely didn't contain literal interpretations of the words. Germans having no sense of joy... what could that possibly mean? Or at least, what did Valeriya intend to convey? Lucretia thought, and thought, and thought, she truly tried but came up short, this was something even a savant like her couldn't decipher. It [i]could[/i] be a Russian metaphor, but unfortunately, she wasn't familiar with their culture. In the end, Lucy stopped her exercise in futility and just focused on Valeria's question instead.

[color=76c0f0][b]"Herr Steiner."[/b][/color] She replied matter-of-factly and it took a specific kind of personality to answer an ice-breaking question with the seriousness of a judge giving their verdict. The Iron Princess felt her response was sufficient and she'd say no more on the topic, not because of the need to be secretive, but because there was no need to give further explanations when it wasn't asked. 

Then, Lucy spotted a familiar figure approaching her from the corner of her green eyes, the Flametouched Virtuoso, fresh bandages wrapped around his forearm. This instantly reminded her of their appointment. Hmmm... since the music was still playing, it was still within an acceptable timeframe to consider fulfilling her promise. Just before Kalil arrived, the petite girl stood up in all of her 4'8" grandeur. [color=76c0f0][b]"I'm ready."[/b][/color] She declared without the slightest hint of doubt that there might be other possibilities, such as Kalil revealing that he wanted to cancel or postpone the dance maybe? No, in Lucretia's world, there was only one possible reason why he was here and as mentioned, she was ready.

[@Psyker Landshark] [@SgtEasy]