Serazel was going to the wizard's quarters, planning her outburst to the king down to the motions of her hands, when she glanced out a window and saw him heading out into the courtyard. Could nothing go according to plan?
She stifled an unladylike groan as she worked her way down to the courtyard after him, trying to enter the area just behind him. She caught a glance of his face and nearly lost her stride, getting a hint of his emotional state. Noblewoman's scorn would be the wrong tact to take here. But it was too late to leave and regroup, she was here, and he was there. She would have to play it by ear.
As if by magic, the emotions on her face and her body language shifted with one step, from rage to comfort. Her lips turned from a hard line to a soft, friendly grin, her shoulders loosened up, her steps became softly, her hands unclenched. Softened, she stepped out into the courtyard, falling in beside Dmitri.
"Your Highness, I heard what happened with the wizard... shall I expect this to be the normal behavior of the court?" She had originally planned to say this angrily, defiantly, shame him into barring the new girl from the competition, but that would have backfired, she decided. So while her words would have been cutting, she said them with a playful grin that removed their bite. "Of course, if you need anything in this time, do not hesitate to ask."
She stifled an unladylike groan as she worked her way down to the courtyard after him, trying to enter the area just behind him. She caught a glance of his face and nearly lost her stride, getting a hint of his emotional state. Noblewoman's scorn would be the wrong tact to take here. But it was too late to leave and regroup, she was here, and he was there. She would have to play it by ear.
As if by magic, the emotions on her face and her body language shifted with one step, from rage to comfort. Her lips turned from a hard line to a soft, friendly grin, her shoulders loosened up, her steps became softly, her hands unclenched. Softened, she stepped out into the courtyard, falling in beside Dmitri.
"Your Highness, I heard what happened with the wizard... shall I expect this to be the normal behavior of the court?" She had originally planned to say this angrily, defiantly, shame him into barring the new girl from the competition, but that would have backfired, she decided. So while her words would have been cutting, she said them with a playful grin that removed their bite. "Of course, if you need anything in this time, do not hesitate to ask."