Tehr appreciated the guard captain's martial beauty even as he worried over her state.  He also wondered what sorts of enchantments were woven into the captains armor to keep a leather outfit like that comfortable with no undergarments.  He'd heard of such enchantments but was not skilled in their use at all.  The clinical mage part of his mind decided he now had two reasons to get the captain out of her armor on a future occasion, interest in the magical enchantment.  For certainly the captain never looked terribly uncomfortable in that leather that showed off so much of her skin.<br/><br/>He moved to a wall and gently pulled down a tapestry, and then shook it once to clear any dust before resting it on the captain.  But only a moment later a blonde woman, young even by Tehr's estimation, entered the room.  He stood aside and watched as she worked her divine magic, and took solace in the absence of any signs of the church of the one god upon her body.  When she turned to him, he shook his head. "No, I was..."  he grimaced, "Making a toast that was probably far too verbose."  Though he leaned down and rested three fingertips against Lilian's chest, feeling her heart beating more regularly, and then looked up and added, "Though maybe it is a good thing that I did.  My predilection for overly flowery wordplay may have saved the queen and I from sampling the wine."<br/><br/>Tehr waited then listening to the queen's words, but somehow doubting that house Saari would actually try to poison the queen in any way.  They certainly weren't in line for the throne, at least not directly, and she had only helped the women of late.  At least as far as Tehr knew.  Tehr followed the queen out of the living area and escorted her to her private chambers, gathering several guards as they went.  Tehr frowned as the queen whispered to him, hugging her lightly.<br/><br/>But he thew decorum to the wind and moved to gather her and hug her back.  In front of her own guards, the break in decorum could be forgiven and she seemed to need the physical comfort.  The guards that Tehr saw discreetly averted their gaze as he pulled her to him and kissed her.  Then pulling her head to him he whispered to her ear.  "If you wish, I will stay the night and tend to whatever desires you wish.  I owe you at least that much."<br/><br/>Then he pulled back and respectfully let her out of the embrace before adding, "However, with her majesties permission, I would like to see you safely to your chambers with no less than three guards.  Then I would see to questioning the kitchen staff if you would allow it?"  He tightened his grip on his quarterstaff so hard that his knuckles ran white as his jaw clenched thinking about the assassination attempt.  Tehr was glad that 'detect thoughts' was one of his memorized spells.  It could be very useful in questioning the kitchen staff.  Though in truth they may all be innocent, but he should not take that chance he supposed.