Janica still was busy with the last remnants of the dessert. Despite her slender frame she could eat copious amounts of food without negatively affecting her figure,and actually needed to after more strenuous activity. Must have to do something with the other half of her ancestry again. It sometimes seemed to her it all went right into her chest anyways.<br/><br/>So as everyone's attention suddenly turned to her after she had been mostly ignored during the meal, she froze, the fork fixated in midair halfway between her plate and her slightly open mouth. For a moment her eyes just darted quickly between the king, the lady, the lord, and back, until she hurriedly forced a polite smile on her face and replied "Oh, sure, the food really was fantastic. As was ... everything else here so far" She had hesitated a moment, but then suppressed the urge to insert the 'almost' in reference to Alric's behavior. Not the most eloquent speech ever delivered, but she hoped it was enough, especially as in her forward leaned position the males would have a nice optical distraction.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>