<strong>"This helps hide facial expressions quite well, I'm sure I'll be able to easily feign surprise."<br/></strong><br/>Marina chuckled warmly and smiled “I bet it does. I can only imagine the faces you get away with making at boring politicians”<br/><br/><strong>"I don't hear of many ladies going on roofs, nor star gazing."<br/></strong><br/>Well, at least he didn’t sound like it was something that displeased him, so that was very good… but would it be something he could see himself enjoying with a special someone?<br/><br/>Wait… was she actually entertaining the idea of being this prince’s wife?<br/><br/>She wasn’t entirely sure what was going on in her head… but she liked him, he had a good energy she enjoyed being around…<br/><br/><strong>"The only times I ever really look at the stars is when I'm hunting at night. I can look at them and keep track of which way I'm going so I don't get lost."<br/></strong><br/>He turned away from her for a moment then and she picked up his voice at much softer tone… perhaps because he was embarrassed by something?<br/><br/><strong>"And on the battlefield, they can be relaxing to look at, and also... keep me from getting lost."<br/></strong><br/>“Do you get lost often?” Marina asked him, giving him a playfully teasing grin, her eyes sparkling with adorable mischief… was she flirting? Yes, alright yes, she was… and she wasn’t going to be ashamed of it, Prince Emeric was a very nice man and she was liking his company, so she’d do whatever she wanted…<br/><br/>The brave little internal pep talk helped a little with her nerve...<br/><br/><strong>"So my lady, are there any other absurd things you enjoy?"<br/></strong><br/>“Sometimes I like to wear trousers while riding my horse” She murmured to him with a grin, divulging to him what others might view as downright scandalous, but she didn’t care… trousers were far more comfortable when one was riding a horse, gowns tended to get in the way and become uncomfortable when the skirt got all bunched up in places.<br/><br/>“What about you, Prince Emeric? Any scandalous little secrets?” Marina asked him with a soft playful little wink… her demeanor hid well how her heart was thundering in her chest, she hoped to high heaven she didn’t lose her bravada “Anything you enjoy that hasn’t exactly been received in the best light by others like me?”