*playing along and looking duly chastised, like some naughty puppy, wondering how much to ham it up for these people, then deciding to go for the 'dejected supplicant' route and shuffle her feet and look down.  Glancing at the audience she could see much support for the Empresses's insults, no surprise there, it would seem.*<br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;">"That'll teach her!  Imagine somebody like that coming <em>here!</em>  Why I <em>never</em>...!"</span>Sukkana could see the lips forming the words if not actually hear them.  If they only knew how empty their existences were in this cold place...and they<em>never</em>would....Sukkana shuddered lightly, glad she at least wasn't like that.