Fionn watched the young woman before him dart off and smiled. "Handmaidens," he said with a laugh, "I don't know what I do to make them so darned nervous." Having nothing better to do, he followed the girl onto the dance floor, stopping to grab a rose from a vase on a table on his way.<br/><br/>"We already tried that once," he said softly, appearing beside Dawn with a bow as he offered her the rose. "Please take this as a humble apology for my behavior in the garden. It will not happen again." He smiled hopefully at her.<br/><br/>"Now, as for an escape," he said glancing around as though the nobility around him was full of spies, "We can't go to the garden, too visible. We could try going out through the kitchen, or perhaps we could head to her majesty's chambers."