Balthus and Corrin, however, were now listening intently.“I’m an oni, not an ogre,” she explained, “While distantly related I don’t much app...eciate being mistaken for one of my stupid and violent cousins.”Galen scowled, “Ogre or oni it makes no difference, get on with your tale!”Ikuno sighed, “As you wish,” She noticed, however, that Balthus seemed to be very annoyed with Galen judging by the look on his face “The day that I saw Sir Michael…------Hunting had gotten slim in the vicinity of her. The ground showed recent signs of a huge heat source, scorched leaves and blown twigs lying all over around them, yet she could find nothing that indicated what had caused the heat surge. She lowered the field glasses one last time and turned to the male elf that was lying next to her."I can detect nothing." She said softly."The heat pattern does not conform to anything we know the Alliance has. Their flying machines leave great swatches of burned ground all around them, but nothing this. Hewas worried about what the Queen was going to do to him. His clotheswere in tatters on his sore and battered body. He had no regrets forwhat he had done because Dawn was lovely. His only regret was that hehad been caught. Still he was wondering when the Queen was going toderive her punishment.Queen Elizabeth was discussing this very same thing with Dawn. Dawnwanted him to be recognized as a man in a dress. At first QueenElizabeth wanted to go along with this but had a brainstorm of an. ‘I think it might be time I reclaimed my beautiful bride. You two seem to be having way to much fun over here,’ Josh said extending his hand to Peri. ‘Just doing the job you gave me and looking after her for you. Happy to step in any time you can’t perform your husbandly duties,’ Dante teased. ‘She was just telling me that you were a good choice for a first husband.’ ‘First and only,’ Josh chuckled good-naturedly and wrapped his arm around Peri’s waist proprietorially. ‘Let’s go cut the cake.