"Donggunnim mama?" Seo calls after him, his voice hushed in a manner that makes Yong pause. Seo waits until the younger man's hazel eyes return to him.
"I hope you won't join the winter hunt this year."
Yong opens his mouth with a question just as an imperial guardsmen rushes in, looking rather wary and hurried. He stands at attention to Seo, completely missing Yong in his haste to report.
"Summons from princess residence," he pants. "Gongjunim mama reckons she found an intruder - lurking in her chambers."
"And where the bloody hell were you oafs in the meantime," Seo rises - picking up his quiver of arrows from where they lay against the hearth, his mouth twisted to match the foul words. "Pardon me - Donggun nim mama -"
"Pardoned," Yong waves him off. "They will certainly be getting more than curse words when the matter reaches my imperial father." If possible the soldier pales further. "Shall we - General Kang?"
