Helen
"Those informalities did not bring forwards any mistrust, I just did not expect that from a fellow queen-" She stated, waving her talon and turning her gaze away. She flicked her tail and it landed to her other side, nearby caribou's stiff stance. Caribou slowly moved her tail to entwine with hers, to comfort the distressed queen.
 "Now, what else would you like to know?"
Eric
"Thats really about all I would like to know... I understand I should have just sent a messenger but I figured it was best to ask face to face and not through letters."

Atlanta spoke softly noticing that Curlew seemed very close to her guard which Atlanta seemed to stay quiet about since she had no knowledge or any sort of relationships with anyone and probably never would even though she herself could be quite the flirtatious one at times.
Chester
~~dang, Atlanta knows about curlews relationship before curlew... My girls are kinda oblivious- /j~~
Helen
She nodded and took a deep breath, righting her posture and pulling her tail from caribou, realizing where it was. 
 "That does make sense, messengers can be unreliable depending on certain factors" She agreed with a small nod
Eric
"They can be and sometimes take much longer than need be for a simple message which is what led me to come and see you myself."

Atlanta smirked slightly seeing Curlew take her tail away, something she had watched with her Mother hundreds if not thousands of times since she was forced to attend those stupid meetings every single night... And most of the time not everyone swam out of that room once the night was done.
Helen
She nodded and stood up, trying to keep herself from looking towards caribou. She walked over to a small kitchen on the opposite side of the dark house. 
 "Would you like a snack while I'm over here?" She asked to the other two, tilting her head back
Eric
"If it isn't troubling for you I'll gladly take a snack before I head back to the river."

Atlanta looked towards Caribou with an approving look before turning back towards Curlew studying what she was doing.
Helen
Queen Curlew grabbed a seasoned seal tail, a frozen salmon, and a frozen brick of yogurt attached to a twig. Without waiting for caribou to respond as well. She knew caribou liked that gross yogurt stuff, caribou ALWAYS ate that gross yogurt stuff. She placed each food on the table, sliding the salmon to Queen Atlanta, the yogurt to caribou, and keeping the tail to herself. 
 "I assumed you would enjoy the fish, though if you would like anything else I would be happy to provide" She said with a grin
Eric
Atlanta looked at the expertly frozen salmon biting her lip slightly as it looked absolutly wonderful after a full day of swimming.

"I do love fish, I would never miss the opportunity to try a different kingdoms food... I think this will be all thank you Madame Curlew."

Atlanta looked to Curlew with a silent question of if she could begin to eat or were they going to be formal and have the Queen take the first bite. She wasn't sure whether or not to be formal anymore but decided that it was best to wait for a moment before digging in.
Helen
Curlew nodded to Atlanta with a kind expression 
 "I must say, compared to the few kingdoms I have been to, icewing food is by far the most bland" She said with a hint of remembrance to the time she was with her mother at a meeting in the sand kingdom and she got to try it, oh by the moons was it good! She turned and stifled a small giggle as she saw caribou happily licking at the frozen yogurt.
Eric
"It all depends on the place within a kingdom, I find that the skywings always add too much spice, the nightwings are more of a smokey flavor, and the mudwings just... Yeah they just cook food and its even more bland than if it was raw."

Atlanta took a bit of the salmon easily snapping off a part of it and savoring the flavor of frozen salmon since it wasn't exactly something she had very often.
Helen
"I always import sandwing spices so the cooks can use them instead of the minty flavor most of our seasoned meats obtain-" She chuckled
 Curlew shook her head and began to take careful bites of the seal tail, making sure to eat the best ones in order|+.
Eric
Atlanta nodded understanding that the Sandwings always had some very wonderful spices, she raised the salmon to her mouth breathing a soft plume of lightning on it to char the skin since she didn like a little crunch to her salmon as it just made it feel like biting into a giant crab which she also loved. Although seeing that she had just revealed a secret to Curlew she prayed that the Icewing Queen hadn't noticed.

"The Sandwings sure do have a lot of spices."
Helen
Curlew didn't notice, but caribou certainly did. She snapped her head towards the seawing queen just to confirm before tilting her head down back to her food. She reached over with her tail and lightly pressed on curlew's, trying to get the queen to pull away from her meaningless chat about sandwing spices to glance at her.
Eric
Atlantas red eyes drifted towards Caribou a smirk curling across her snout for a moment before she took another bite of her salmon, she finished it slowly before looking up to Curlew.

"It was lovely chatting with you Madame Curlew."
Helen
"With you as well!" 
 She responded with a small grin, though quickly jumping at the chance to look at the pretty hybrid before her. Caribou placed a calm smile atop her face and gestured with her wing towards a side room 
 "My queen, my I wanted to discuss something relating to my position with you" She lied, giving a firm stare towards the queen.
Eric
Atlanta smiled nodding slightly as she chuckled relaxing slightly, her eyes once again drifting towards Caribou with a smile unsure what to do next she just allowed the two icewings to chat.