"I wonder, though, if this<em>isn't</em>planned, albeit on a grander scale than I am aware of..." Aurelia muses, quietly, barely loud enough for him to hear. She then shakes her head. "I try to spend as little time in this immediate area as possible. I prefer to keep my existence a secret, after all."<br/><br/>"A secret from whom, dear?" the Queen asks, as she sweeps into the room. She gives a warm and almost sugary smile to Aurelia. "I know where you've been hiding all these years. Did you really think that I'd miss someone right under my nose? But this isn't about you, it's about greeting my champion's daughter," she says, sweeping across the room, to greet Flute. "Hello there, child," she says.<br/><br/>"And hello to you, too," Flute replies.<br/><br/>The lapse in the Queen's composure is only for an instant, but it's clear that, possibly for the first time in centuries, she's truly surprised by something. She glances over to Caiphias. "My, you are simply full of surprises, aren't you?" she asks, then gives an almost devilish grin, and, lightly, taps Blossom on the forehead, before striding back across the now rather crowded room, towards the door.