She followed readily enough, hand trustingly in his "Ah, we're going to have to give them a better story than that. Something that gets whispered about long after we're gone..."

"Hmmm, you're a Prince from Andage or someplace, and I'm a body guard? You're in danger, and we had to flee the country. It's so dire that our communications with the royalty here thought it best we not be seen entering?"