Mashiro had been sitting quietly, off to her side, but she looked up from her seat every so often, seeing Mantia and some of the others interacting.  She recognized a<em>few</em>of the persons present, mostly the representatives of her own nation, but...wait.  There was one.  Mashiro<em>thought</em>she was from the House of Blue, her and her friend that were there.  The two of them were currently looking in<em>her</em>direction.  She sat up - trying to remember the handful of etiquette lessons she had been taught when she'd come from the druidic countyside to the large cities of her nation - but there was still a...somewhat animal-like response to it.<br/><br/>Mantia was all chitin and bones and teeth; Mashiro was...a cat.  One could practically see the upright kitty ears and the straight tail poking out from behind her as she looked in Lucca and Elinor's direction, eyes intensely focused on the two of them.  The eyes that said<em>Me?  Me?  Are you paying attention to me?</em>