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[color=slateblue]Time:[/color] Evening
[color=slateblue]Location:[/color] Ballroom
[color=slateblue]Mention:[/color] Callum, Nik [@HylianRose] 
[color=slateblue]Interactions:[/color] Anastasia [@Princess] 
[color=slateblue]Appearance[/color]: 

Ari smiled at Annie as they slowly strode away from the group. Interlocked her arm around the princess's, Ari gently escorted her friend through a sea of people at a rather slow pace to not alarm her guard dog. Though she still wasn’t certain he hadn’t found a bone to chew on somewhere. 

[color=slateblue]” I’m not surprised to see you here, though it makes me sad that you are Annie.”[/color] she said softly so only she could hear. Her emerald eyes flicked towards her friend masking their conversation with a soft smile. [color=slateblue]”I know it is likely not by choice or perhaps maybe a needed distraction, but I wanted to make sure you were okay and to say how sorry I am…[/color] Ari didn't specify what, she didn’t feel like it needed to be said. Maybe not mentioning the Queen by name would be easier for Anastasia, though the loss of a parent likely would never be easy no matter how much you mask it. 

[color=slateblue]”Have you seen your brother at all? Cal?”[/color] she added [color=slateblue]”I haven’t seen him since Drunkard's day and with everything going on, I would be lying if I didn’t say I wasn’t worried.”[/color] she was more than worried however, but there was no use in bringing that up now. 
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