Christine spoke up. "Permission to speak freely to the Cloricsphere princess, Majesty?"<br/><br/>Hippolyta raised an eyebrow and held a hand up to Xena and Artemis, who were now on each side of Aelisphere. Christine got even with her, and although she was smaller than her (in fact, Xena at 6-11 was probably the only one even close to Aelisphere's height, as even Artemis was 6-7) looked up and scolded like a mother. Probably something Aelisphere hadn't received in years. "You speak of the Amazons being rude, when that was all you were from the moment you set foot on the island. You insulted them, their customs and their queen. Don't forget,<b>I</b>was the one summoned, and had I not been given a job of watching a<i>spoiled</i>little girl would have been here without notice, myself, now wouldn't I? If you had paid attention to your instructors on diplomacy, you would have just quietly dressed, found out the reason of the summons and then spoke quietly and without a rough voice to the queen about the summons. All you showed Queen Hippolyta and the rest of Themyscira, is how much of an ass you are. I knew the rule the queen mentioned about conducting yourself as a guest, and how it affects the rest of those with you. Neither of us were under arrest until you kept rudely shooting off your mouth. Oh. One more thing. Rudely calling<u>them</u>rude? There's a saying for people like you where I'm from... Well, if it ain't th' pot calling the kettle black?" A deep breath. "In other words... Ya ain't any better than they, SINCE you were just as rude if not ruder than what you claim the Amazons to be. You weren't thinking about anyone but yourself, and I'm rightly ashamed of you! If you will excuse me... I'm going to be studying some Greek History as part of becoming part of the populous. Thanks for getting me fired, by the way... G'day ta ya." She nodded respectfully to the queen and was led away by Princess Diana.<br/><br/>Queen Hippolyta raised an eyebrow. "If you have nothing to say to me, the guards will escort you to your holding cell to await deportation." She was actually giving the woman a chance to apologize for her rude behavior and insults, but wasn't going to be cordial about it. After all, if the Cloricspheric princess wasn't going to be cordial, the queen was going to show tough diplomacy.