<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 125%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="color: #BF0000"><span style="font-weight: bold">House of Cadell<br/>Lady in Waiting</span></span></span><br/><br/><a class="postlink" href="http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130430235600/wiki-amistad/es/images/thumb/0/02/Scarlet_by_skipta-d5h1tgb.jpg/180px-Scarlet_by_skipta-d5h1tgb.jpg">[ img ]</a><br/><br/><span style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="color: #BF0000"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Lady Amena Aeide</span></span></span></div><br/><br/>Amena slowly tilted her head back down, her eyes glancing towards Edward as he spoke. She wished he had not outed her marriage so suddenly after her outburst. Her expression was blank and her green eyes tore from him to scan the room full of knights. She gave a huff, her hands resting gently in her lap, though the rest of her was rigid and stern,<span style="color: #BF0000"><span style="font-weight: bold">"Making friends with knights? All I see are a bunch of children,"</span></span>she replied. Her tone, to the rest of the room, likely still sounded irritated and insulting, but Edward could probably hear the humor she had behind her words. He, after all, was able to understand her tones far better than anyone else.<br/><br/>In truth, Amena was not very good at making friends anyway, so she saw no reason to try now. Even if they did need allies, it wasn't about who liked who, but rather who benefited who best--and if they were all honest with themselves, Amena was of no use to anyone except to attempt getting closer to the Queen. But Amena's distrustful nature almost gave a hundred percent guarantee that none would get close to the Queen through her. Even if Yakari wanted to get to the Queen, it was unlikely to be through Amena.<br/><br/>Amena, however, tended to underestimate her usefulness. She knew all of the lords and ladies, understood the alliances, and knew all of the consequences of each ally and foe. If one house were to attack another, Amena could give a step by step prediction of what the future would bring and it would be more accurate than any general. They were all things Amena happened to be very talented at, and if any knew, perhaps they would try harder to know her--but those talents were a secret that only Edward and the King knew. Even Amena was unaware of how valuable her skills were, and thus none had ever seen her in action.