Angela seems to give her whole attention to the story, to the point where she almost takes the water without noticing she has. By the time she gets back to her stew it's gone cold but she doesn't seem to care a bit about that.

"Sounds like it's a problem for both of them then," she finally says around the spoon in her mouth as she considers all of that spilled tea. Pulling the spoon from her mouth she continues, "I mean ... I can't blame her for going for that spot. I wouldn't but there's got to be some security in knowing you'll be well taken care of. Annoying someone isn't quite the way to win their heart though."

She perks her brows up now. "Do you think she likes him? Maybe that's why she's trying so hard." Of course in the game of court and politics she assumed love didn't factor into the marriages as often as it did in books. One didn't just trip into their True Half who happened to be royalty on a regular basis.