Devaguea gave Sydon a flat look, before smiling. "And I will ensure you are... properly 'rewarded' for spreading the word. Though do make it clear that I expect anyone courting to at LEAST be able to hold their own against me. After all, I am a dragon, and might as well let the courters know whose rules we are using."<br/><br/>He took in the almost undamaged head with a smile, before sending it off to get stuffed and mounted, before hanging it on the wall above the troll head and between the cyclops skull and the bandit mask. There were quite a few spot still unfilled, but he didn't doubt that someone would eventually step forward to fill them. Fools always did.<br/><br/>Once the others were back, he DID swing by to talk with Amvarean about dragon culture, such as it was, asking specifically about courtship rules and such. Since no one had ever bothered to teach him, she got the unenviable position of telling him what dragons considered acceptable. Luckily he already knew about the actual mechanics of mating, as Korima could attest to, but he did mention that he was under the impression that the stronger, and that didn't just mean physically, of the two was approached by the 'weaker' one. He also mentioned that he currently thought of Amvarean as the 'awesome older sibling, who, if he did have a sister, could only hope she was a quarter as cool as her.' He managed to get out of the room before Amvarean realized Devaguea had snuck in a pun.<br/><br/>His own advisors got told that courtship was if they wanted, several already had passed the combat portion of courtship, and one had even had a treaty enforcing her access, but he was not interested in some random floozy. He was looking for partners, and the actual position of co-ruler was going to involve a lot of paperwork until they both retired. He did plan for consorts (for secondary lines in case the unthinkable happened to the eventual co-ruler and heirs), and wasn't against friends that just wanted flings. However, he was planning for a long haul, millennia at least, so his co-ruler had better be able to handle that.<br/><br/>The guards got good training in handling crowds and over-zealous suitors, while Devaguea just quietly enjoyed the chaos. No one was being hurt, the only people being humiliated where the power starved mongrel shrews that deserved it, and the people he was actually interested in where starting to act. The most fun to tease was Sak'bas, as once she had calmed down and loosened up her obsessively compulsive duty driven urges, she was actually rather enjoyable to be around. Sena got treated like the overexcited little kid sister she was, though he was seriously beginning to wonder how much of that was an act. Korima got the usual flirts, and the standing invitation to the lair once a week, if only so others could enjoy his presence. And so she couldn't ask for two days off due to issues walking. Talia flirting again got him flirting back, though it did mean he was being a bit more guarded about the permanent telepathic bond between them. Cynthia was treaty bound to have at least one foal during her time, though she seemed to be interested in staying after that if he did well. Anke got an invitation to a dinner, as she was the only advisor that hadn't had one yet, and if things went further, he was not going to complain.