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Hysteria looked at her oldest friend and smiled "None the less if all goes well with Zalto we will have a significant backing" she said to her, turning her head to look at her "I doubt that we will even start this project without conveining with the other leaders that want to be apart of such a thing, so when it comes to the road we will most likely end up speaking with them as well, in order for it to go though" she said to her before looking at the window and the rain starting to come down quicker but still light "We have plenty of food to spare for Ethe, After all we're growing enough that the people feel safe having extra children, according to the village records we get every year the birth of children has gone up by one, and the chance of them living because of the food output has doubled." she said to her "But if I remember correctly within the last seventy plus years I have been around, With more food and more children surviving the less people have children, so I think what will end up happening if this continues is that less children will be born within the coming years but they will most likely live into adulthood." Hysteria said calmly and bit her lip as she thought about it

"We also need the weapons for the people to protect themselves from the monsters within our boarders" she said to her "It will also make the people feel calmer with all the changes that we have managed to make this year, they are antsy. Use to a monarchy, that is something that will take more time then just passing a couple bills" she said to her and then chuckled as she looked down at her stomach and let her hands run down and she smiled "Yes, naughty naughty me" she said with a chuckle "I must admit, having my first child all those years ago was painful, but being able to raise it and love it until it was time for me to go was one of the greatest points of my life...and yet" she said and sighed "I'm a little worried about the pain that I will feel again." she said and smiled "At least i'm older this time, maybe it will be less painful now?" she said it as a question "I am hoping that its a son, if it is then it will be a higher chance that he will be able to take the throne in Phobos, or perhaps a strong women, Phobos could use a woman's touch.

After the initial meeting, and after being invited to the council, Youkimi had been invited to the castle. She hadn't been expecting such a warm welcome from the prince after so brief a meeting. Though the evening had been good, and the hope that came from it did her well. Unfortunately, though.... she needed to check in on Dixon.

.... Needed? .... Nay. She worried that she had failed him. Perhaps that wasn't an urgent need, as it wasn't a matter of him being fed or having a place to stay. Perhaps that was for her emotional well-being.

The baroness made her way to the garden, ever mindful of her steps, and worrying that she was somehow intruding here. She drifted to the flowers and looked over them. The prince seemed to be reading something, and she didn't feel that it was her place to distract him from that task. She would be patient and speak when spoken to. Right now, she was here at the request of the prince.


OoC:

Waiting as she was in this area which was not her own and where she knew her influence only was as strong as her words, she felt out of place and as though she didn't belong. This country had become her home, but she was a noble of another place. Title without land. It made for an awkward situation, indeed, as she felt that because of that displacement she had little to say that others would hear. Yet, she couldn't bow to depressive thoughts. She was a baroness. She would carry herself as such because it was her birthright, because she was raised to be so, and because she still had a responsibility to the people in her care. This was the main reason she tolerated her own discomfort and uncertainty.

A young voice distracted her attention. She turned and looked down to see a youth who looked up at her with only excitement and an eagerness to share what she had learned. For a short moment, Youkimi wasn't entirely sure how to respond to this young one who immediately proved either ignorant of rank, or had no understanding of showing rank. Without an indicator one way or another, Youkimi knew her default response must be to refer to the child as an equal subordinate.... But emotionally, she felt herself trying not to appear too stiff, lest she be misunderstood as not wanting the child to be nearby. She maintained her posture, as this came as easily as habit, and she patiently observed and listened to the little girl that might not have been quite old enough to fly for very long.

To answer her, Youkimi turned and lifted her hand out in the direction of a tall-standing orchid. It hadn't quite come to full bloom yet, but it would. The others nearby were white and whose centers were a royal purple near the center. There weren't many petals on these flowers, but nevertheless, there was a simple grace and beauty to them. But what need of flowers for grace and beauty? They merely had to express it. But so fragile....

"I was looking over the orchids." Youkimi answered with her voice. She didn't dare touch the flowers themselves, however, as this was not her garden. She withdrew her arms and folded them into her sleeves. "I've always admired them. Did your class teach you about what these flowers mean?"

With little in means of her expression, but a softness in her tone, she patiently awaited the little girl's answer.


OoC:

An interesting observation from one so young, Youkimi noticed. A smile came to her expression. She was ignorant of how closely they were being watched. In this kind of open setting, that didn't particularly matter. She had long gotten used to being watched and studied from a distance, and thus became desensitized to the feeling of being scrutinized.

Admire.... How to explain to a well-spoken youth about what it means to be admired, or to admire. The woman's eyes returned to the flower as she answered. "Admiration is like respect. When you respect something and feel positive feelings about it, you admire it."

She nodded to the flower they both looked at within this beautiful garden. "I like this flower. It's simple, yet how it grows is graceful and beautiful. I respect the feeling I get when I see it. I feel good when I think about it. These feelings, together, are admiration."

Her eyes returned to the girl. She hoped the explanation was simple enough. "It has been a while since I've had my lessons, but I remember the Orchid is kind of like a lady. It represents refinement, thoughtfulness, and charm. I want to be like the orchid. I think that is why I admire it."

She smiled anew to the little girl.


OoC: No worries. The conversation is cute.

Youkimi managed to maintain her composure, though her surprise did surface as the girl expressed her feelings. For one as young as she was, that she spoke so clearly startled and surprised the noble phoenix. She was humbled and touched by this declaration that the girl made. When she had been called, she first curtsied before darting back to her classmates and to the lessons she still had to see to. Youkimi had inclined her head, as habit was able to carry her through the response without her interference, and she wondered for a short while about this little girl. So carefree but with a clever and open mind. She was unafraid and full of hope. Just as her people once were. Would they be able to carry themselves this way again?

The prince arrived and his words brought Youkimi's attention to him. A way with children? In response to his bow, she bowed to him. Respect was owed the prince. "She was respectful and kind. It was easy to speak with her."

It could also be said that she didn't have quite as much patience for the children who were rude and uncouth, though if there was an individual that was trying to become better, her patience stretched a bit further. "But, I imagine that there is more to talk about then how I interact with attentive schoolchildren."


OoC:

It had been kept silent for the last few days, the only sounds coming when the door was periodically opened from time to time, the healers sworn to secrecy and the guards kept as far away from the room as possible. The last three days had been a living nightmare for the former queen and a few others that had been in the room with her, and finally now that the ordeal was over the main doors where opened, the windows thrown open to let the room that had been closed up the last three days to finally breath. The whine of a baby could be heard all across the castle as finally after three days of pain Hysteria had brought into the world a health, if not slightly bigger than average, baby boy.

The child had been washed and swaddled a thick swash of blonde hair atop the boy's head, from what Hysteria could see though the child's narrow eyes, the child may have golden eyes like his sire, the child had been born with a pair of obvious dragon horns upon his head, a clear signal of his species. Hysteria looked at the little boy, wondering what to name him... she hadn't been expecting a boy, and Bellris was a nation of women, they didn't have good male names. She looked down at the boy as she remembered that just recently Herod's brother Kyran had passed away. She smiled softly, she had not known him well and she was pretty sure that Kyran had disliked her to say the least, but it seemed like a good name and the boy's father would probably not deny the name "Kyran Letho it is" she said softly as she leaned down, kissing the little boy's nose as she looked over at the genealogist that would be recording the name she had chosen "His name is Kyran, born of House Bellris and House Letho" she said to the man who wrote down the name on a scroll under hers before getting up and leaving the room.

((OOC: So sorry to butt in, but this is where the former queen resides))