<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/b9/Mirevia.jpg)</div>The remainder of the journey was without much complication. That was not to say that it wasn’t a tiring journey. As adept at horse riding as Mirevia was, a sore bottom and lower back often worked its way into the day. Her King or sometimes a servant would then give her a thorough rubdown to relieve some if the tension each night.<br/><br/>Also tiring and irritating was having to spend each night and wake up in a camp. Mirevia’s morning ritual of beautification was long and tedious, and was made all the more difficult to do inside of a tent. Bustling handmaidens in cramped quarters had to assist her with special lotions, holding a small mirror, and all in the cool chill of early morning in a drafty tent. Somehow though, despite the difficulties, the Queen of Aserit was able to keep herself as beautiful as she had been when she was many years younger.<br/><br/>Though nothing made their compliment of Bloody Ravens nervous or draw their swords, the trip to Theiri did have a bit of an encounter that still left Mirevia very heated on the fourth day. She thought Lenally would have accepted the fact by now, being her royal daughter, but she brought up the fact that she would likely be marrying into the Theiri royal family in the near future. She tried to put it gently, and outline how luxurious and honorable the marriage would be, but her daughter would have none of it. Voices were raised, and things immediately spiraled downward.<br/><br/>Ultimately, Mirevia halted the convoy while one of her handmaidens cut a stout switch from the trail. She took her daughter by the wrist and bent her over, then flipped her skirts up over her bottom, tugged down her undergarments, and thrashed her bottom raw and red. The punishment concluded with her being sent to the carriage without dinner for the evening.<br/><br/>But now, upon Theiri’s doorstep on the fifth day, Mirevia hoped that the little altercation with her daughter would serve as a stiff reminder as to the severity of this visit.<br/>