Lillian looked embarassed and Anne was absolutely flustered.  Well...  Perhaps it was due to her interference, but was the Heroine this flusterable in the game?  Serrica pondered that for some seconds as Anne continued to try and stammer out an answer to the Prince's question which she barely did.  Shaking her head a small bit in exasperation, Serrica thought on what to do from here.  She could just walk away since the Prince wasn't very interested in her. Nor Lillian for that matter.

"Hmmm...?"  Serrica questioned herself, pondering that thought to herself for a few short second.  She looked to Lillian before giving the girl a sly smile.  She had formulated a plan of some sort though she wondered if she was going to anger a certain Miss Meridan in the process.

The Duke's Daughter stepped between Anne and Christopher, crossing her arms.  "Forgive me for stepping between the two of you as such, Your Highness the Crown Prince."  Serrica spoke in her typical fakely polite tone when addressing the Crown Prince.  "But I believe my friend, Anne, has a hard time speaking to you on account of the difference in your stations."  This much seemed to be true from her point of view.  "She's like a scared yet adorable little squirrel trying to speak to a ravenous hound."  A rather poor allusion.  "That aside, I find your lack of proper introduction to me understandable but I must say I'm rather disappointed in your lack of feeling in greeting your own childhood friend."

Serrica pointed her fan toward Lillian before speaking again.  "You have such an beautiful childhood friend yet here she is, a side introduction."  Of course, Serrica was ignoring the fact that the conversation had gone on for not long at all and he had truly yet to say much more than ask Anne how her friend was.  "If I were to be in your shoes, I would cherish such a relationship with a proper introduction.  Rather, if you don't, would you mind if I were to sweep her off her feet?"