As soon as he left, she counted in her head how long she had before she could take her leave. "Will you boys be able to behave if I leave you here while I slip out and go for a walk?" Without so much as waiting for a reply, Kaelan stood in a flurry of skirts and slipped between tables and out the door. The patrons bowing their heads as she passed them. Once she was outside, the princess took off, she knew it was only a little ways to the solace of the woods. And within mere minutes the brush and trees were snapping at her body. Vaguely she could hear her guardsman calling for her, but she was too far for him to find her. Eventually, her feet slowed to a walk and she slowly began making her way through the trees following an invisible path that took her deeper and deeper.