Dowager Empress Agathe Blachkov
"I don't doubt that the tradition is old, replies Agathe with a smile. Although in the back of my mind, I can't help but feel that everytime a person uses the adjective very old, it is to brag about their traditions being better than ours in the Empire. Sorry about that, it's just that I've faced that kind of thing many times when I started dating Christian, and went from just being a girl of the bourgeoisie to being the future Emperor's wife.
Anyway, I have to tell you, but this is one of the things that interested me the most whe Anax retold me, the introduction into society. In the Empire, we have a very tight knit family tradition, where young people stay with their families until they leave for their Service after high school. That means leaving their families for long periods of time at sch a young age to go to prestigious academies such as the TBA or HGA wouldn't work in our country. That does not mean we do not have boarding schools, but if you go to one, it's mostly because your time to go there each day is too long, because you live too far. Concerning the excellency of middle schools, high schools and such, that's a different matter.
I hope this old woman didn't bother you with her rambling, finishes the Dowager Empress with a smile that could be described as a bit sheepish.
Imperial Guard Colonel Bradley Myers
Ah shit, here we go again., thinks Bradley with a mental sigh. If there was one kind of people the Colonel was not good at interacting with, it was shy people.
Nonetheless, he waves a nearby Haudsmachen, and takes two glasses of lemonade from her tray, handing one to the Princess.
"Here Your Highness, he says with a friendly smile, correcting his mistake of when he adressed her as Miss. So, how are you enjoying your evening?"