Tehr had been sipping on a very light, dry, white wine when Emily entered.  But he set it down and rose from the human sized chair, meeting her halfway with a smile.  "Thank you for seeing me Emily," he said using the familiar name, hoping that they could keep this as friendly as possible.  "Understand that this is going to be a breif visit, as much as I'd like to stay longer, I can't."   The thought of Emily's tight body and even tighter halfling sex wrapped around his manhood only reinforced his desire to stay longer.  But it wouldn't do for now.<br/><br/>"I needed to talk to you, unofficially of course.  I know you're not the head of house Ravos, and I don't wish to make any formal declaration of any alliance, that's why I wanted to talk to you."<br/><br/>He sat down and waited for Emily to sit as well.  "The kingdom," he said, "Is going through a turbulent time right now.  Houses like Dale have been consolidating far too much power over the last few years.  In addition it's my personal feeling that the demi human houses, like your own, have been ignored for far too long.  It is my desire to create a new union of smaller houses, and noble ones like Ravos that have been overlooked for years.  Then to break up the power of the largest houses.  The good of the kingdom is such that the nobility should always have a place.  That their place may rise or fall, but not that one house should rise to a level of power equal to the throne."<br/><br/>He drained his wineglass, "But why I came here tonight was to ask you for a small favor in return for being my escort to the ball.   I wish, once we arrive, for you to be willing to leave early.   I need to be seen arriving with a date of course, but I also need to be able to move quickly during the ball.  House Dale is going to make a bid for power and I need to be able to do what I have too in order to stop it.  If you need feign weakness, sickness, or even just have a messenger arrive to call you back to your house for business...."  Tehr leaned forwards, "the reason doesn't matter, I trust your judgement.  But I need to know if this is acceptable to you."