"You're noble born?" He asked.Hyandai nodded. "As much as elves have nobility, yes." She said, looking very embarrassed. "Officially, I no longer have...a title, save 'lady, ' and that only residual of my mother's position. It is more honorific than title of position, I assure you."They had finished dressing when Hyandai said. "Evendann, please speak in Westron while we are in Master Harlen's presence. I am clad, you may turn about."The soldiers rotated to face them again, eyeing Harlen rather. While they could remain invisible while they flew in daylight, they became visible when they landed to eat. Their numbers had decreased dramatically in the centuries before Ricky was born due to indiscriminate hunting by the royal Fayle.When Queen Fleur had become the queen, half of the pride struck had out to claim another set of islands that they believed weren’t occupied by people. Queen Fleur had never heard from them again, so she had no idea if they survived or not. Since then, her pride. [Background Theme: “Forever” by In This Moment] The school gymnasium of course remained the gymnasium, but the dance decorators had done a decent job dressing it up. Matt and Jennifer danced to the fast beat of a pop tune blaring over the DJ’s speakers. “This is actually really nice,” Matt said, nearly shouting to be heard over the loud music.“Aren’t you glad I made you come?” Jennifer asked.Matt smiled. “Yeah.” Nobody had actually said anything to them, but he’d seen a few stares and pointing. Far side.’ I duly took the elevator to the tenth floor. There were other offices in the building in various stages of renovation. Somewhere gradually filling with nascent businesses trying to make their presence felt in the already burgeoning district. I ordered a reasonably sized lunch and sat down to eat in solitude. Alone was the only time I was content. The food was indifferent, but filling. In truth, I neither had the appetite or taste to try something better. ‘Yes, I know what he said..