The princess smiled, seemingly lighting the entire room. "Our plans are for the long term.
Zaltarish is being groomed for the next kingship, and we've noted the underworking of a marriage alliance between those two families using him and Mithrandir Norville.
I'm sure you've seen the words in the sky above the castle…" the princess spoke with clear sadness in her voice, "so, you can tell the kind of pressure such an alliance puts on us.
Mithrandir is already an unparalleled genius in her own right. But, with the addition of Zaltarish, this is a couple the neutral major families might not be able to continue to ignore…
However, the pressure you apply as the sole holder of the innate aurora in the entire universe is something that doesn't pale in comparison to the talent those two display. In fact, despite the bravado of Zaltarish's manifestation, I'd dare to say that it pales…"
