Silas looked at all of them incredulously. "Sir Ashton? A woman?"<br/><br/>It made some sense to him. Knights couldn't be women. If whatever Ashton's previous name was wanted to be a knight, she would likely disguise herself as a man.<br/><br/>The other part of his mind, comprising most of what he was thinking, was simply 'WHAT?!'. The knight that tried to squeeze his throat was a woman?!<br/><br/>With stunned silence, he just stared as Nathaniel ran back into the mansion.<br/><br/>------<br/><br/>Capet shut the door, stood behind it and sighed.<br/><br/>"I wonder how things will go. Roy won't live long," he mused. "And at this rate, nor will my lord."<br/><br/>He looked southwards. A figure, obscured in the shadows, seemed to be advancing to him.<br/><br/>"Nathaniel?" he asked, calling out to the darkness.