[h2]Tyaethe[/h2]

"Have you learned to read minds in the past hundred years?" Tyaethe asked, looking over at Lilette with a half curious, half bored expression... and receiving a shake of the head. Well, that ruled out the easy path, unless there was some passing demon or something who could tell them all this nem's desires. Though then they'd likely only find out she really wanted to get out of here... and they'd have far more questions about what a demon was doing attending a royal ball.

Carefully positioning Lilette to block the princess off, the vampire stepped forward and crouched. Ah, it [i]was[/i] nice to be the bigger party for once, without relying on a suit of armour to do it. So small, and she [i]did[/i] wonder what sort of flavour nem blood had as a whole, it wasn't like they came round much to check... ah well, now wasn't the time.

Instead, with Renar holding the girl back, the paladin gave a thoughtful look... and then decided to start tickling her.

[i]Someone[/i] was going to pointlessly suggest torture, so they might as well check if the assassin could even feel something first.