"Reserve your jokes for them, fool," she says, waggling a finger at you.
"I will introduce you. Remember what you told me," she says, quite soberly. "Do not lose sight of why you do this work in the hustle and fluster of the moment. It is more important than you realize."
You regard her as she takes a confident position in the center of the open rectangle between three tables. Why might your intentions matter so to her?
"Your Majesties…esteemed ladies and gentlemen…" she begins.
Into The Breach