Princess Joanna's apartments - 598 AC

[The Smith]

Milo frowned, "Of course. Well if he does anything strange, then let me know. I am the closest thing he has had a father, much to his poor luck."

[Marie]

"As you wish. I will keep an eye on Daemon for you but please put your efforts to finding out who killed Uncle Talyn and who tried to kill Ayra"

[The Smith]

Milo bowed his head, "Oh... I am. Even when it looks like I am not."

[Marie]

"Oh. If anyone can find out, it's you," she said. "You're one of the cleverest men I know."

[The Stranger]

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Joanna's servants tell her, that Becca Thatcher is without seeking entrance.

[The Smith]

Milo laughed aloud, and then walked from the room.

[Marie]

Becca is shown it at once. Joanna smiled warmly as her cousin entered.

"Becca, welcome! How are you, and your mother and sister?"

Her voice was full of sympathy; she could imagine that the Thatcher women were still suffering heavily from their grief over Talyn's death.

[The Stranger]

Becca crushes Joanna with a big hug, "You are soooo amazing!" She laughs outloud, "Everyone in the city is talking about it!"

[Marie]

"Bastards," Joanna grumbled. "I've never been more humiliated in my lif and my thighs are sore from the saddle friction."

[The Stranger]

Becca snorted, and held her hand in front of her face, to hide the embarrassment, "Yeah, but Joanna you caused a riot! Can you imagine. Men killing each other up to get a look at you!" She winked, "Tell me that there isn't a little part of you down in there some where that finds that exciting!"

[Marie]

Joanna thought abut that and eventually smiled.

"Maybe just a little, but I could have done without the lewd comments. I'm the Princess Royal, Becca. I'm supposed to be set apart from men like that, but now they see me as just a woman."

[The Stranger]

Becca shook her head, her hair flipping back and forth an she laughed. "You're ALWAYS a woman Joanna. First thing men see are your tits and between your thighs, not whatever title goes before you name. That's how it always is, and that's how it oughta be, thank the seven." Becca pressed her own cleavage together in mock seduction, "While they are thinking with their cocks, we get to do as we please. Let men always be horny and stupid, that's my motto."

[Marie]

"That may be the case as far as men of noble birth are concerned - and yes, it does come in useful on occasion - but I do not want the smallfolk looking at me like that. What good are they to me?"

[The Stranger]

Becca sighed, as if exasperated by a child. "The small folk aren't the point Joanna. What is the point, is that after this little stunt, men will think you lusty, wanton..." she smiled, "adventurous. And that's what men like. No man ever got a hard on when a woman told him she was "Princess thus-and-so, Set apart from men blah blah blah," Becca mimicked Joanna, but smiled to show it was all in fun.

[Marie]

"You think men will look back upon yesterday's events so that it will be of use to me in future?" Joanna asked.