Tehr was left deep in thought, pondering the meaning of the visit.   "In the dining room, I'll be along in a few moments, thank you."  He said distractedly to the serving girl.<br/><br/>He moved about to lock up both his notes and spell book as well as the blue magic book in his desk drawer.  He wasn't overly concerned about crime, but you couldn't be too careful he supposed.  Plus it was just a good habit to be in.  Capping his inks and cleaning off his pen and desk took a few minutes and then it was off to dinner.<br/><br/>What could the knight have meant?  He spoke in shaded words and half meanings, which wasn't surprising of course.  He knew that he was forming a reputation.  The fact that Emily d'Ravos had heard of it, but also heard that his reputation included discretion meant that it was probably a fairly well known rumor about court.   Of course his meeting with the queen after the hunt probably only fueled people's desires to look into his past and his activities.   He was expecting that to an extent, he knew that there were loose lips and spying eyes everywhere.   Maybe that was one reason he should turn down ir'Dale's request for a visit?  If he was going to back house Saari soon, no good will would be generated by allowing his home to be turned into a flop house for the wayward son of Dale.  In fact, ir'Dale may even see the availability of Tehr's beds and a paid female companion as some sort of blackmail, to be used against Dale when needed.<br/><br/>Tehr pondered that for a moment.  Maybe it would be useful to actually carry through with that thought.  Maybe he could invite ir'Dale to his home, and use any knowledge gleaned from that night to be used as blackmail against the more powerful house.  Tehr shook his head, no, he wasn't going to do that.  It felt too... dirty.  There was no reason to dirty his hands to that great an extent, especially not this soon into things.   There were still many moves that could be played and locking in an enemy like house Dale this early could be foolish.   As it was he was concerned that d'Dale might be moving against him since he'd turned her down.  Well, turned her down wasn't exactly the correct word, but he certainly hadn't accepted her offer to court her.<br/><br/>Tehr rubbed his eyes as he sat down at the dinner table.   All of these plots within plots within plots was enough to make a man's head spin.   He thought a good night's rest would do him well, he was going to be busy at the palace library, and then a meeting with the queen tomorrow.   A good meal tonight, and a good night's rest would be quite beneficial.<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">just a fyi, you don't have to worry too much about EXP.  I trust you and I don't mind if you round off things.   For example if you had just told me "hey you're level 4 now" that would have been good enough for me.  I trust you as the GM to make the choices and decisions about these things.   :)    I'm going to be a little busy but will 'level up' my character when i get a chance.  Might not be for a day or two though.<br/></div></div>