"Of course, he couldn't possibly come," Michael shrugged, his movements almost identical to Dodo's.
There were a few paths leading up to the Altar.
Members of the Royal Family took a special aisle on this side.
"Daddy and the others have already gone up," Michael whispered to Dodo.
According to their rank, Mommy would walk at the very front, with Grandma in the middle, and Dodo and Michael side by side at the back.
For a short flight of stairs, they took at least ten minutes to ascend.
When Dodo reached the top of the Altar,
she saw that all the non-Royal Family members were waiting below, outside the Altar.
And, they were all half-kneeling.
Sez, after all, was a feudal monarchy from ages past, and even though it was now a dual system, many of the Royal Family's rules had remained unchanged.
