<div class="floatleft"> (https://i.imgur.com/dtJfDal.jpg) </div>Pretend it never happened? Henrik nodded at the wise words which he was in no position to second guess, but he knew what had occurred between them could never be forgotten by him. Perhaps Valanna was different, no she<em>was</em>different, as an elf and a knight she would have the strength and mental fortitude that the youth lacked. But he did not express his worries, but merely nodded and thanked his lady for forgiving him.<br/><br/><em>I wasn't punished...</em>the thought couldn't be suppressed,<em>So if it happens again... will I not be punished then as well?</em><br/><br/>As for the duel he knew only a little. Logarius was the rival which she spoke of, a brutish knight from a distinguished family rumored to have connections to bandits and such outlaws. Where Valanna was forgiving, Logarius was vengeful, and their rivalry was not only a personal enmity but a familial feud generations in the making. Elven rivalries where known to Henrik, of course, but he could not fathom how such deep hatred could last between families for so long. Perhaps it was the long lives of elves which gave them memories and thus grudges to match.<br/><br/>"Of course I will watch." Henrik smiled, trying to forget his embarrassment. Perhaps the duel might remind him of who she truly was, who she had been to him for years, and not who she had been when he had been touching her.<br/><br/>