"No," Amaterasu said, at his suggestion of having the kids meet with the nobles, now. "We start them slow. The introduction to the Court is an important moment, and doing it wrong would harm them more in the long term. It's less a matter of them begin ready, which they're not, and more a matter of political timing. You, alone, will be enough," she said, pointing to Draiss. "But I've laid the seeds for that. Just go and be yourself. The kids... I need more time. And I need a good moment to capitalize on them. I'll make arrangements for smaller group meetings later this week, to give them practice on those who we're working to win over, but have minor power. It'll be a good, and sfe, starting challenge for them; low risk, medium reward."<br/><br/>She nodded to the kids. "Stay to your rooms, tonight; let the servants handle any callers. They have my orders." Once the kids were gone, she turned back to Draiss. "As combat and amgic are your specialties, this is mine. There will be a time to bring them out, but now is not it; now is the time to bring out<em>you.</em>The court's been abuzz with speculation; no one, and I mean literally<em>no one</em>draws his attention enough to clear the court. I've kept them intrigued with hints and tidbits, but if I kept you at bay any longer, we'd lose face, so now is the time to bring you out. Like I said, be yourself; rude, disruptive, and the embodiment of chaos. You're going to be the spark on a powderkeg that's been building for decades. The kids are going to help me pick up the pieces," she said, with an almost feral grin. "Of course, to an untrained eye, business will proceed as usual, but more alliances will be broken and forged tonight than in the last century, I suspect."