Eliza held her hands in a folded posture in front of her body as the delegate clearly laid out himself and his intentions. She gave him a courtly polite smile, and widened her hands in welcome. "Trader Gull, Welcome to Haven.  Any offer from the great House Richesse will be warmly welcomed by House Dorcha."<br/><br/>She was a little put off by the immediate attempt to initiate trade, but hid it well. She looked over the small party and grew curious about them.  She decided to initiate by introducing her own party in the hopes that he would follow suit before they got down to the dirty business of counting hens.  "My bodyguard and friend and..." She let the unfinished sentence hang just a moment, long enough for Nadira to think she might just add 'lover' to the sentence, but she gave a small smile and quickly added, "... teacher, Nadira Aulus."<br/><br/>She gestured to Lady Oksana, "Consort of my father, the Lady Oksana," and then to Martin, "And our ever faithful advisor, Martin Dinari."  She gestured at him, but gave him a gracious head bow to make sure he knew he was last but not least.<br/><br/>"We've got a night's festivities planned, including room for talk of whatever trade brought you here.  I was thinking perhaps we could discuss matters over a meal before we settled in for dessert?"