He was sure there had been worse times when he had had to deal with people, though the only one that sprung to mind was his Medal of Honor ceremony, trying to keep the politicians straight and stay polite, and sometimes succeeding at the first, and mostly succeeding at the second. Here, with Sapphire and Aurelia to keep him at least sane and straight, it wasn't the trial it would have been, and he felt he managed to avoid causing major insult to anyone, though the slowly simmering jealousy was getting on his nerves. He ate little, despite the food being good, he simply didn't have an appetite with the women slowly getting more and more obvious about their sniping.<br/><br/>He was doing so well, until right at the end he made a... 'slight' mistake. "Lady Leighla, we have to head out, if we are to meet your parents for the performance."<br/><br/>He instantly realized they would easily find a way to turn the inocuous statement into an insult, and braced for the riposte even as he stood and helped Leighla to her feet.