When Dawn reached Lyranna she had to withhold a sigh, she still had yet to convince Lyra that she didn't have to curtsy so low, or at all to her. And for the ball, perhaps it was a good idea that she did, but she wanted Lyra to be her friend, to be as much an equal as she could, Dawn was already sickly aware of how she was a Princess and that there was no escape from that. Instead the blond summoned a smile to her lips for the handmaiden, reaching to twine their arms together, taking a very fae comfort from the shared touch.<br/><br/>"I think it would be prudent to retire for the night honestly Lyra, I've done as much as I can do tonight, and Aria left already..." she trailed off as Fionn approached them, her eyes wary, she didn't want to have to give another public rebuke to anyone.<br/><br/>When the guard offered her the rose she accepted it, lifting the white rose to her nose to inhale the soft scent. Roses were lovely, though orchids and lilies were favored by her above them, and she gave him a soft smile as he apologized, she did not want bad blood between them. "Thank you Fionn, I hope you realize I was only acting as I must, as your Princess, as the Seelie Princess."<br/><br/>And how entrapped within that was she? Too much so, horribly so. She wanted free, but that would never happen. "My chambers, yes, that was what I was thinking. Princess Aria has retired, and I have a promise of an audience of sorts with the Slaugh King later, I would retire and prepare. Would you find Connal and the others?"