"<strong>Haha, well that certainly puts an interesting spin on things. I suppose everyone would believe me if I claimed that by blood I should be the crown princess?</strong>" she said with a smirk, "<strong>Legitimacy of your birth aside, how did you come to ride with such rough company?</strong>"<br/><br/>The bandit girl's claim peaked Oriana's interest and Adelise's revelation came as something of a surprise, but she was careful not to show it outwardly. A bit of bitter sarcasm slipped out before she can stop herself however, the rare break in her cheery facade. She smiled, and hoped the others would write it off as a joke fallen flat.<br/><br/>Though she'd spoken with members of most of the noble houses over the years, she always found it difficult to tell who belonged to what bloodline. Chances were good that ALL of them hated Surtova, at least a little, in light of their opportunistic bid or the crown. It probably would have been best to just come clean now, but she had every intention of making her own name, and was reluctant to let her origin color people's view of her.