She doesn’t step away though from him. It is not often she is around the company of another that is not of the Emperor’s court. Long has she missed her cousin and her home, and it is sad to admit even this interaction is a freedom she is not often accustomed to.
“If this strange man delivers me untouched, surely he will reward him,” she says in a soft voice, beginning her walk forward, holding her head low and demure. She has little hope of trying to remain on her own.
