<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/MRrZSkK.jpg)</div>"Thank you, Ke Kamāliʻiwahine Sam. Though I am not quite a Head of State. We Kapua are more like..." Technically, the term back home would be<em>divinities</em>, but that wasn't quite accurate either. "Think of me as the caretaker of a garden. The Kahuna technically rules the land, but requires my services to maintain it, and as in reality as I make the flowers bloom (though it is my sister Manu Ke Kakahiaka who is the one that makes the birds sing words), the payment is a form of fealty, though now not quite practiced as before. The Old Ways are in decline." The smile Ponipua gave to Sam as she explained faded quickly as the nature of her situation came clear. "As for my needs, I wrote them in the paper - sun, water, soil if you please. With these three, I can thrive, even in this cold climate."<br/><br/>Then the officious looking man came back, with a woman of Reptilian bent, who apparently was to be her advocate in her upcoming meeting. "Thank you," she responded with a half-bow of her own before turning towards Zenress, giving another half-bow, seeing that to be the apparent custom here. "Greetings. I am Ponipua. I thank you in advance for your services. By what name should I call you, and do you know of this Mistress Kalfoxx which we are to meet?"