"...so... you want me to basically meet him at a Cynis party, chat him up, laugh at his attempts and flirting and humor, spend the next week with him in public as much as possible, and then I get to meet his parents?" she said, perhaps a bluntly as possible "Great, wonderful... at least I'll get gifts out of it and we won't have to foot the bill... I suppose you expect me to let him take me to his bed as well?"<br/><br/>She finished her salad, sighed, and then pushed the plate away.  She was... not happy at the moment, stuck between angry and saddened, trying not to let it show... but not succeeding particularly well.  She knew it must be done but... why couldn't it have been to another woman, not a man?  Damn the Realm and it's problems that it causes...