Tehr listened and took note of the names and words of the noble house.  He had no strong feelings on them because his house was not allied with House Staro, nor did he know much of House Auri.  Certainly he’d heard whispers that they’d been allied with Dale, but then again, many houses had been.  He couldn’t afford to judge them based solely on a poor association.  Further he didn’t know how strong their alliance had been, it may have just been a beneficial trading agreement.  Certainly he’d been approached by that now fallen house early in his tenure in Londinium.  Had he made the wrong choice, he may have called them his allies as well.<br/><br/>But he did file away the information for later, thinking that the Queen’s viewpoint on the subject might seem important and he could of course share the young man’s thoughts.  It wasn’t like he was being quiet about such thoughts and certainly he wanted his opinion known.<br/><br/>More interesting to him was the elven woman Adrianne.  It was only by chance that he’d had his magical detection keyed up, and he noticed her using a compulsion on the nobleman.  He quirked one eyebrow up, but being across the court, he could do little about it.  Once Master Edward had made a spectacle of himself however, he lost sight of the elven woman.  He inwardly cursed and realized that the elven woman, possibly a witch, was more trouble than she appeared.<br/><br/>He considered crying foul and letting the court know of Edward’s compulsion, but decided not to create more of a scene.  The damage had already been done by the man’s own lips, and defending him at this point, especially with Tehr’s own reputation, probably wouldn’t help matters for either of them.  No he would bring it up to the captain and the queen in private and let them deal with the situation.  Hopefully the man’s reputation wouldn’t suffer terribly.  Then again, if the man was tomcatting about town, that came with it’s own risks.  It was one of the reasons Tehr himself never visited professional women for sex.  While he had no problem with them, they’d come under much stigma during the church of the one god’s time of glory.  It was a stain he did not need added to his reputation, should someone choose to use it.<br/><br/>Besides, it wasn’t like he lacked for female companionship anyways.<br/><br/><strong>“That would be excellent captain, thank you,” </strong>Tehr said to Lilian.<strong> “I need to speak to you about what just happened as we walk anyways.”</strong><br/><br/>He planned on telling her about the ring, and a suggestion to keep her eyes on Adrianne as well.  He pat the small magical pouch on his belt that held the potions of delaying poison as well, and thought that if the meal was ready when he arrived it wouldn’t hurt for him to test the food before the queen arrived.  It was something that he did quite often when he was nearby for meals.  There hadn’t been another attempt, but he knew that vigilance was worth the time.  Not only did he not want to see harm come to the Queen, but also he knew he would be a high suspect if another poisoning happened when he was at hand.<br/>