Dahon wrote:Kiako slightly raised an eyebrow at the mention of "Chinamen", even as she thought the Baroness likely meant no malice in using the old pejorative -- insular south Asia, after all, had seen a rise in anti-Chinese (and recently anti-United States) sentiment during the last decade, the fact of which the kami had spent time in trying to combat its uglier manifestations publicly and otherwise, especially with an ethnic Chinese serving as kon to the Yakumokami.
Still, she thought it proper to dispel that misleading notion -- though, not yet. "Trying to describe what I do will take a while, so let's say I'm one of my country's three reigning monarchs, and at present the youngest and most voluptuous."
She leaned back into her chair, the better to display her assets and so gauge her reaction. "As you can see for yourself."
“Then you’d be triarch, not monarch. Monarch is mono-rule of one, triarch would be rule of three. Sorry, detail is muy importante. Thought it was a nice little fact. Her eyes dotted a bit, looking down at the table.
Kyrenaia wrote:The Kyrenaians nodded to the Handmaidens and Butlers, who served them, both out of politenenss and out of respect for both their work and the work of the chefs - respect and dignity were very important things for the Kyrenaians.
Al-Zahir was smiling, when a Handmaiden brought a glass from a certain Cleone.
"Please relay him my gratitude and tell him, that I would love to speak with him later, over a glass of wine.", he asked of the Handmaiden with a smile, before he examined the Spanakopita for the best was to eat it. It looked a lot like a work of art...
Cleone looked to Mahmut for a quick moment, raising his glass “Va bene, vecchio. Salut.” he cheered before turning back to his conversation partner