Heidi smiled pleasantly and nod her head a little while hurrying off to carry out her orders quickly, seeming pleased to receive some instructions, still wanting to prove herself. As she had hurried off the look from Christina showed in her eyes already that she had a lot on her mind to say, but his words seemed to rob some wind from her sails, calming her down somewhat. She took a deep breath and smield at him, finally chuckling a little.<br/><br/>"Well, you do seem to have a talent for reading minds or perhaps it was rather apparent what I was considering. I was a little concerned not seeing you back at night, but I understood you had gone to the palace. The elven lady you brought along was pleasant company, but she had to part soon, and the duke came back for their horses as well as they appeared to have plans for a ride along the forest grounds where the great hunt took place before. They said they wanted to see the area for themselves." She sounded a little relaxed, beginning with a rather normal tidbit of information. "I was hopeful to see you again and perhaps steal away to your bed during the night, but you weren't there. Imagine my disappointment, but I managed to recover. I'll still expect your company sometime later." She added seriously.<br/><br/>"Anne d'Wellington is coming along to our plan eagerly. She has no love for the church, and the way that she has been portrayed as a promiscuous bitch by the church has driven her almost to the line of outright hatred. She has enough calm in her to realize its not all, just a few of the more judgemental ones that start the whole trouble. She's willing to do whatever it takes to help dislodge some of those corrupt elements from the church architecture, and is now aware of the plan to play a seduction game with a priest, and get him into serious trouble. We are getting ready to commit to it soon, but if you'd have particular wishes for our timing we could hold back a few days or try and rush it ahead sooner, depending on when it would hit the church the most." She said this seriously.<br/><br/>"I was approached by a fellow from the House Dale, a foppish man that has a style to dress himself that reminds me of blind mice trying to avoid a cat while running through a puddle of water in their rush while having intended to be quiet. It was garish, disastrous, and I would expect more than a few bloodstains spread across them would only be an improvement." She smirked a little cruelly. "Thankfully Tera picked up on my discomfort and escorted me away, but if that man comes for my hand i want you to ask mother to sooner send me to a convent than allow me with him. The man reeks of trouble." Her expression was less than pleased.<br/><br/>"I was also approached by Janne Dale on my visit to the nearby store, who seemed curious to learn what was going on at our house. I kept quiet other than explaining I had come to join my dear brother in the city and perhaps look for a husband. It seemed to set some gears going in her head, and perhaps distract them from other plans. Though I am honestly worried they'd go right to mom to ask for me and the bastard of a man to be engaged for the sake of our houses." She looked a little nauseous at that thought. Actually pushing her plate away after a moment.<br/><br/>"Uhm, and well as for the door and Sarah, I might have been coming to see you and didn't quite notice if the door was closed before I came or not, but it was open when I was there staring and almost whimpering." She pouted. "I got wet staring and had only my fingers and a trusty old toy to turn to back in my room." She remarked with a mock sigh and a theatrically overblown expression of sorrow. "But I persevere in this house of temptations-" She was starting to say when Sarah walked into the room. "-the pastries are ready!" She was soon followed by smiling Angelique who held a small basket of fresh berries, from blueberries to strawberries, and a fair share of other nature's bounty in it. Some of it shouldn't even be in season, the question of where she acquired the little delicacies might have raised a few eyebrows at another time when there was nothing more pressing to think about. "Good morning, glad to see you are well." Angelique leaned in, a hand on his cheek and her lips brushing his other cheek tenderly in a light kiss. "Please dont worry us like that again anytime soon."