OrciniIveBeenToSawallToSeeTheQueenMotherIndex "I doubt that the Church is strong enough to go back to the days when Emperors and Empresses fully danced to their tune, but the point is well taken." Huttner agrees. "Politics seems to be to be their stock in trade. Maybe they feel a new Emperor is a chance for them to play those games harder. Certainly Emperor Merlin is new and untested. He hasn't even gone through the rituals and trials of selecting an Empress yet and presenting her before the Diet." "Neither here nor there, for us, for now." Huttner adds. "We support the Serpent and deal with the current problem, which is this Omphalos that the Serpent, blessed his name, wants you to deal with." He cracks the shell and grabs the last piece of tender flesh. "So, then, our next stop is to her Highness the Queen Mother, then?" "Her instructions were to present myself to her if I survived." Orcini nods. "So far, I have no reason to suspect I have not so to the Queen Mother, I shall go." Orcini chuckles. "I am no delusion of your dying mind." Huttner says. "If I was, I would have appointed myself in great luxury." he grins. "Come brother. Our path awaits." "I doubt that the Church is strong enough to go back to the days when Emperors and Empresses fully danced to their tune, but the point is well taken." Huttner agrees. "Politics seems to be to be their stock in trade. Maybe they feel a new Emperor is a chance for them to play those games harder. Certainly Emperor Merlin is new and untested. He hasn't even gone through the rituals and trials of selecting an Empress yet and presenting her before the Diet." "Neither here nor there, for us, for now." Huttner adds. "We support the Serpent and deal with the current problem, which is this Omphalos that the Serpent, blessed his name, wants you to deal with." He cracks the shell and grabs the last piece of tender flesh. "So, then, our next stop is to her Highness the Queen Mother, then?" "Her instructions were to present myself to her if I survived." Orcini nods. "So far, I have no reason to suspect I have not so to the Queen Mother, I shall go." Orcini chuckles. "I am no delusion of your dying mind." Huttner says. "If I was, I would have appointed myself in great luxury." he grins. "Come brother. Our path awaits." Setting down the inedible remainder of his meal, Huttner moves to follow his brother. Backlinks |