Noticing his affect on the ladies, in particular a certain Emily Rose, as she blushed at his glances, Tyler mused at the thoughts of how to relieve her of her embarrassment. There was some fire within her he could sense that. Wickedness too, which excited him somewhat. Perhaps her dark side could be married to his. Then there was her brother, Nathaniel, who seemed just a little to over protective of her. How was he going to get close to her with him so near, Tyler considered.<br/><br/>Keeping half an eye on the amusing goings on in the room, whilst trying to tease a rather large dumpling from his plate into his month, the Major paused and place the offending item back on his plate and sighed. Just as he exhaled, he heard his title. To his surprise, Nathaniel was addressing him. He wondered how long he had been watching him before speaking but he composed himself and responded.<br/><br/>Just as he was about to retort, Emily confirmed her brother’s interest in his adventures.<em>Should I leave out the nights filled with orgy and intrigue</em>, Tyler thought.<em>Yes that would be wise at this juncture</em>, he decided. Due to her obvious interest, he directed most of his stories towards Emily, but occasional, so not to seem rude, he would turn his head to acknowledge the rest of the eyes that were fixated upon his chronicle. He did this for another reason too. He found Emily’s eyes to be most distracting. He seemed to be quite taken in by them. From time to time, he even found that he would lose his place in the story when his eyes would meet hers for long periods of time.<br/><br/>His story went something like this. “Well Emily to assist you in your art I will indeed enlighten you.” he paused for dramatic effect and then continued. “India’s astounding diversity of religions, languages, and cultures is unique and unparalleled. The society of vast land is among the oldest in the world. That aside I feel the grip of the Empire is failing. I was stationed in Delhi some years after the Bengal army shot their British officers. Once the uprising was over, imperial authority was restored in 1858, if my memory serves me well. I, along with many other garrisons were brought in some time after that to police the situation. All we wanted to do was to bring in some order into such a chaotic place and we did. However, to my shock and the shock of many, they did not want any of our new laws, technology or even our religion. Savages the lot of them.” Realising at this point that he was digressing from the point some what, he tried to redirect his thought patterns. “Sorry, I seem to be getting quite excited. Where was I? Oh yes you wanted some inspiration for you paintings didn’t you?” He pulled out a picture from his jacket pocket. It was a picture of a landscape. He and Cooper were in the picture. He handed it to Emily. “As you can see, India is far from a desert. The majestic hills and the forests are not to be rivalled.”<br/><br/>He let her take in the picture for a little while before continuing “If you would like to see more of these pictures, for inspirational use of course, I will be more than happy to accommodate you Emily.”<br/>