The Princess continued."She agreed that if  thou shouldst require a fourth member, then that one may be as we had  suggested, and we hastily made preparations to ensure that such a  candidate be ready to enter thy service. But after issuing orders, we  were pulled away to deal with other affairs, and only now, having returned, we find that thou hadst already made such a request, and that  our servants did duly carry out their instructions in our absence, assigning you Stellar Ebonshield without us having had the opportunity to make proper introductions..."