"Of course! Everyone should know, right away," she says, taking hold of his hand, and escorting him around the lake, the shoreline zipping by as she hurries along, obviously leading him with her magic. Curiously, he can sense the power more, now; it's almost as if she's making the distance between the two points they're traveling between shorter, as opposed to actually moving faster, as much as the physics of that might make his brain hurt.<br/><br/>In a short time, they've reached a distant part of the shore, where the Queen and Princess are, together with a number of other court followers. Almost immediately upon their arrival, the entire crowd falls silent, and turns to look at him, before beginning quiet murmurings, amongst themselves. The Queen, on the other hand, merely smiles demurely, and arches an elegant eyebrow. "I see you have returned. Do you bear the proof of your success?" she asks.