"Thank you, Sten." She returned his smile with one of her own before lowering herself down onto the furs. She was too tired to change into something more sleep appropriate, glad that she had at least not been forced to wear a suffocating corset. She would have been forced to change for sure. She crawled under the furs and settled down to sleep.<br/><br/>Fortunately, sleep came to her easily and she was graced with dreams of dragons and thousands of eggs. When morning came, once again, the princess was reluctant to rouse from her slumber.