Ijemaru lowered his head and gave a soft smile, choosing to deal with the woman's comments in chronological order once she'd finished speaking. "He may learn, perhaps, but I doubt he'd act upon the knowledge. And yes, he seemed collected when I last saw him this evening."<br/><br/>Ijemaru was a quick thinker and gave an easy response to the whole of her next statement. "There is, indeed, safety in numbers-- as long as those numbers are on the same side. If I'm not mistaken, your daughter Miss Sofia and Princess Liliana are on rather good terms." For the briefest of moments, the boy's smile became dangerous. "I do hope that's genuine. Currently, I happen to be on rather good terms with Prince Eurich and he's rather fond of his sister." He left that hanging for a moment, hoping the Russian Noblewoman understood his meaning.<br/><br/>"I'm not against an alliance, but your word choice intrigues me. 'Unite our families'.." the boy raised an eyebrow playfully, "Just how far do you want to take this, Lady Anna? Perhaps I'm pondering your words a bit too deeply, but it almost sounded like you wanted to establish something a bit more.. permanent?"