For a while, nopony quite knew what to do, the Prince’s presence doing a wonderful job of sucking the conversational energy out of the room. That is, until Pinkie opted to bounce on over towards the Prince completely unprompted, plopping herself into the seat next to him. This caused him to slowly turn his mildly curious and greatly skeptical gaze towards the excitable pink mare in question, who flashed him a big, expectant smile all the while.