. Eh? Oh come on, that was funny... well alright, have it your way then, you prune. Hmm, anyways, used to be mostly fishing boats coming there, but th... war changed all that.You must know about the war, right? Well, to make a long story short, some time ago Zatakia emerged victorious after endless bloodshed in the great war against the southern kingdoms. The old balance of power shifted, and vast areas of the southern lands have been crushed and conquered by these barbarians. These berserker. Princess and heir to the throne of the second largest country in the world, pampered and protected for all your nineteen years, tutored in every subject of importance and beautiful besides. Yet none of that has helped one bit. The man you were betrothed to for over a decade is now dead and gone, lost in a terrible bridge collapse on his way to meet you.Count Lucas Illenda seemed to be quite nice, but he spent so little time in the capital that most of your impression of him was built up through. Ellen’s eyes lit up. ‘So, your wife, you know shaves down there?’ ‘Oh yeah, she has for a long time now.’ ‘See, that’s why I’m embarrassed. I feel like I’m so far behind when it comes to that.’ She said with a sigh, and I liked where this conversation was going. ‘Well, why don’t you give it a whirl?’ I suggested. ‘Oh no, I’m so scared. I tried once and ended up cutting myself. How does Kelly do it? Does she go to a place or does she do it on her own?’ Ellen asked. I laughed, because I wasn’t. It was still remarkably early, he thought, looking up at the clock. Sophia was thinking that too.She announced she was bored with the TV, and turning it off, added, “Are you feeling more relaxed now, dad?” As she said it, she turned around to look up at him, which gave her a view into his lap, too. “Oh,” she reacted, an eyebrow twitching upward. “I guess so. It went down.”John laughed. “Yes, it did.”“It’s like it’s sleeping,” she observed. But even as she did, it twitched and tilted, under the.