"No, he really [i]shouldn't[/i] have died," Velbrance concurred, a note of sympathy injected into the young man's voice, "My good captain, you [i]must[/i] take better care of your senior staff. Dame Tyaethe may be impervious to harm, but the other knights are quite mortal. Yet, to lose one to anything below war or treachery is very much a scandal to avoid."

With a charming smile pasted on, he offered an arm towards Fanilly, "I Believe the princess would like to be introduced to you. If you might give me the honour of being an escort?"

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[h2]Tyaethe[/h2]

"I'm in [i]both[/i] your orders," Tyaethe said drily, looking Renar in the eye, "Of course I'm going to watch. At least one of you is going to be a disappointment before the end of the night, even if we overlook using a royal ball to stage a duel in the first place."

Of course, her involvement with the Crown Knights was essentially nil, but as a hereditary position, it hadn't gone anywhere.

"I'll go fetch Lils, make sure we have a healer on hand," the vampire announced, swigging from one of the glasses and then strolling away across the ball to accost the aforementioned elf and badger her into helping. From the resigned expression Lilette was developing, that wouldn't take long at [i]all.[/i]