It should be noted for Lenally, Juliette, and Lorenso that while Leofwine and Averille would not follow Lenally around, Leon was always there, armored and armed, and clearly taking his duty as her Honor Guard seriously. He saw no harm here, though; he could tell, just by watching Lorenso, he had no foul intentions, for he was a particularly good judge of character.<br/><br/>Wordless so as not to interrupt at any point, he would merely relax against a wall, near to the door, and watch the sparring.  He looked quite happy at this turn of events; he also seemed to be paying particularly close attention to Lorenso, studying his style, just in case diplomacy should break down into violence. After all, it paid to be prepared.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, Henrik is off in his room, getting his things settled in the room, including a caged messenger raven. The Bloody Raven's utilized raven's as messenger birds rather than pigeons for thematic reasons, but also because the avians were exceedingly intelligent and hardy. In a somewhat simple cypher (rot-13), he sent a message to one of the Bloody Raven's strongholds, addressed to the man who was, while Henrik was away, acting commander.<br/><br/>The gist of it was that whbile they had arrived to the castle safe and sound, relations were already strained, and that he should have light cavalry ready to ride out, just in case.<br/><br/>He would open a window, and keep it opened, and with a command, the bird would dart off. It should be noted that the brightly colored flag attached to its foot (In addition to the small parcel carrier affixed to the other leg) would, at least in Aserit, identify it as a messenger bird...and the crime for shooting down one of those was usually public punishment and fines.