"My thanks are to you for accepting my invitation on such short notice," Akasha said with a smile. "I am pleased to welcome you and your delegation to the Kingdom, it is rare for us to receive Ardian visitors to our shores as I am sure you can appreciate," she said, in a not so subtle reference to powers such as Rokkenjima and her CSTO cohort. "I hope your time amongst us is productive and profitable, and that we leave this day with a spirit of friendship firmly established between us. High Lord Huan, Mr. Jin Odinsson, I am equally pleased to make your acquaintances. Please, enjoy the sights and sounds of the Kingdom and take home with you your experiences of our culture."
Noticing the nervousness of Dandan Akasha would intervene, "I must say I am quite honoured to meet you, Azure Dragon Queen Dandan. Please, while you are in my company, my staff is at your command. Make yourself most at home and, should any necessary comfort arise, or even unnecessary, my staff shall see that they are equally met I assure you. Your name sounds proud to me, speak with that pride and always have confidence, not only in yourself, but that which you offer your People. I am the first female Pharaoh in over a generation, that meekness I recognize, I would only ask that you do not allow it to define you ultimately and your voice," she paused, "shall be one to remembered for generations to come." Returning her attention to Tielin Akasha continued, "To our escorts, then? I trust that Setri shall be as marvelous an experience for you as it was my first time visiting it."
An advisor brought her two chests as they walked to their vehicles, "Yes, I know," she said pausing her steps. "To commemorate our meeting a gift which is in the traditional vein of Pharaohs who preceded before, gold and gemstones. In the second, however," she said with a clearly more joyful tone, "a selection of my choosing; a voucher for two shipments of emmer wheat, two bottles of water from the river Ḥ'pī, the very lifeblood of Clysperis, and a painting which dates back centuries of the dragon-god Aker, who presides over the point where the Eastern and Western horizons of the Underworld meet. As a god which aids the force of light allowing the passage of Ra through the underworld, it is a special part of my family's personal collection, one which has been passed down from Pharaoh to Pharaoh, and one which I am pleased to pass to you as symbolic of my true and honest intentions in the future of our diplomatic relations."
As the vehicles began to move the Pharaoh would remark on the Pyramids which passed before them, "A symbol of our past engineering might, to soon be joined by a symbol of our modern engineering capacity, I cannot think of a better reflection of what Clysperis is. Ancient, true to her values, but looking to the future. Tell me, Emperor, of your lands, of your history, of what you would seek for our Peoples to work towards in unison? I have high hopes for what our Peoples may accomplish together, but, without knowing what is within your heart, those ideas would be worth naught prior to being even presented to you."