“Now after everything I am sure you know about me do you think I am likely to call you either of those? I am not much on titles, but I will call you Duchess if you like. Remaining here is the smart idea? I believe someone was just abducted from here, but then again they have never put up as much security as I like around here. We allow diplomats here, foreigners who report to others, enemies of our county even. How can we be shocked when things like this happen?”<br/><br/>He looked down at the ground for a moment, shaking his head. Taking a deep breath, he slowly calms himself before looking back up at the Duchess, smiling as he does so.<br/><br/>“Sorry, I just feel strongly about this. In my own territory, a group of local thugs recently disappeared, not sure where they got off to though. I am sure we all want our Empress back, and I am sure that the guards will do everything in their power to find her and her abductors.”