Varn nodded, and offered to shake the hand of each member of his party, as they were introduced, then cocked his head slightly, as he noticed the dragon's reaction. "What do you say we let the women have some time to gossip about us behind our backs, and the two of us just sit down for a chat for a while, hmm?" he asked, apparently trusting his second as much as Devageua  trusted his council, to do the actual work while the men shot the breeze and stirred up trouble.