Mereavus arched a brow at his ranting. "You<em>are</em>misinformed, aren't you?" she commented. "The Empress was on her way home from Beryl, I received a letter from her on her departure. She hasn't been in the castle for at least a week. If being on the road leaves me open to going missing, then quite frankly I am staying in my quarters with a heavily guarded door."<br/><br/>Sounded like the best form of protection to her - at least, it would, if she was actually at risk of abducting herself.<br/><br/>"Eave will do," she told him in regards to what to call her. She preferred it to the titles, generally, but in a formal capacity, the titles had to be used for decency's sake or they'd suffer poked egos.