Lilian nodded her head slightly at the time while smiling and heading along to the hallway beyond the throne room, the people already starting to leave some of them seen chatting one another up but none of them seeming particularly intriguing anyhow at the time. Nevertheless, as Tehr and Lilian moved out of sight to the hallway to the queen's more private accomodations he was met by a curious glance from her. "I apologise for the poor bit of reception you received earlier. The Queen's busy with the french envoy who is a cardinal to add to the difficulty of things, and then there's the Auri family who is up in arms to have their first daughter's body returned, refusing to accept the fact she was part of a crime scene that is still under investigation. As if that wasn't bad enough the man then demanded if she expects their family to weather the indignity then they'd be expecting some compensation like being given more materials to practice their craft with. They may be part of the aristocracy but ones heavily invested in their trade so..." She frowned faintly and sighed.<br/><br/>"I mean no offense to the minor nobility that lives away from the court, or their focus, but people who work on weapons to a point that they obsess over getting materials to create more death and wanting the queen's permission to commission some rather expensive projects its hardly encouraging. To think they're trying to still convince the queen to add their<em>Dreadnaught</em>designs to the royal navy too. Such ships would be prohibitively costly and cumbersome, though I'll admit they'd be frightening both to destroy coastal fortresses and to bombard settlements. With those weapons they would be an overkill on an on-ocean-tides battle though, and building such ships would not be part of keeping piracy in order, it would be a direct declaration of intent to wage war." She sighed heavily, seeming frustrated about it.<br/><br/>"Did you find from the archmage what you were hoping to? The queen mentioned you'd be back and hoped to have a chance to talk with you so I am curious." She smirked a hint, a bit of curiosity quite clear in her eyes.