Different Conclusions He dropped his jolly demeanor and spoke to Nemean with a plainer, more serious tone. "Lady Alyssa has a heart of ice. She left it behind to lighten the load she bears for the realm. And it was left buried and hidden in the snow for so long it will take the brightest of flames to warm it. She needs joy, Sir, desperately. What the nobles of this brave realm did to her is an inexcusable crime. To burden one so young and bright with such grave responsibility." ~Maron, Bard in the service of Alyssa Kingsley
The serious tone from which Maron lept and announced his performance at the Lion's Den did little to amuse Nemean but it did cartloads to diffuse the situation. Broadly remaining where he was Nemean looked on expectantly after the guards informed him that it'd be only minutes now. A tiny voice in the depths of his skull made him turn his head in the direction Maron had vanished into. He tried to spot the man but had no such luck.
He wondered what Maron had meant with the Ice and the great crime the realm had put on Alyssa. For a moment he did his best to inspect the problem with his mind's eye but his conclusions remained the same. A problem to revisit perhaps he surmised, time was not a luxury right now. Satirically as that might've seemed as he continued to wait, with purpose now, some more.
