<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0080FF"><span style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;">House of D'Aries</span><br/><span style="font-size: 130%; line-height: 116%;">Castle Asture</span></span><br/><br/><a class="postlink" href="http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o793/Galvin_Fugazi/4d346bf9-c817-405c-b853-1d680fc1dba7_zps5271719f.jpg">[ img ]</a><br/><br/><span style="color: #0080FF"><span style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;">Lord Alexander D'Aries</span></span></div><br/><span style="color: #0080FF"><br/>"I would be delighted to read whatever you brought to me, Lady Marina. I highly doubt a single word would be dull. As for me though, I am not sure what I could possibly talk about. I'm a simple man with simple pleasures,"</span>he stated as he took a bite of his own food. His ego inflated some as Marina stated her day had gotten better, and that she was glad to have bumped into him. It made him glad that he could brighten at least someone's day.<br/><span style="color: #0080FF"><br/>"I would very much enjoy spending more time together. Perhaps we can go riding at some point. Ipale has some lovely areas to ride through, including a meadow right outside of town," </span>he suggested, trying to keep his eagerness to spend more time with Marina unnoticeable. It was a difficult task, but he had managed. He didn't want to scare her off by seeming as if he wanted something more than friendship--because at this moment he wasn't considering anything else. Though, as Marina spoke, her lips did look rather tempting. He inwardly shook his head of those thoughts. He could not be thinking that way, he had goals to accomplish.<br/><span style="color: #0080FF"><br/>"It's such a tragedy that our King has fallen ill. The Queen must be absolutely beside herself in worry," </span>he was trying to see what Marina thought of the current events in Ipale. She likely had her own ideas and feelings, and he very much wanted to hear them. He still desired to be King, but he wondered if anyone else desired to remove the Queen from her position at all. He knew Adelaide likely did, but who didn't know that tidbit? Leon, of course, would want to as he desired to be King just as much as Alexander--Alexander just wasn't upfront and vocal about it. However, if the majority of people liked the Queen, who was he to remove her from her throne and throw the country in a fit if they disliked it?