Anya shook her head.<br/><br/>"Noble, yes, but not...the Nevrakisians are as proud and cold as their mountains. It is all storybook villages for the tourists, but the truth? Not so kind. And Valtorians are not all sweetness and light."<br/><br/>She stood in the living room, looking about uncertainly.<br/><br/>"But I will admit their Duchess looks<em>very</em>nice in a slinky scarlet dress. And hates her husband with the fury of a thousand burning suns. And is not inconveniently married to a beautiful woman so...I can dream,<em>chooneh</em>?"