"Well, I mean, it's... I just know it was, is! Is an important place to them," Ælirn said, the words not coming out as she would've liked. And at Henrietta's offer, Ælirn grinned and opened her mouth to speak, only to quickly shut it again as she was slapped in the face by a realization. Xæth's Prime Minister. As far as Ælirn was concerned, there was no other candidate for the job but her Aunt Llyri. Llyri had been Prime Minister for most of her mother's reign; she was competent and experienced. Sure, Llyri was something of a xenophobe who put Xæth first and other nations never but Ælirn believed she could trust her Aunt to run the country properly. After all, it was the Empress who gave direction to the nation while the Prime Minister put everything into action. And Llyri had been vocally opposed to the presence of foreigners at the Enthronement, at least in private, but she had relented to Ælirn's wishes. But a social visit to East Moreland? Truth be told, even if Llyri was on her best behavior Ælirn worried that would make things worse. But if the Maori were to be sending somebody important, then Xæth would have to send somebody important, wouldn't they? Otherwise it might be an insult. But then again, officially it was just a friendly visit not any kind of official meeting between the Maori and Xæthoons.
Then Ælirn came to the realization that she had perhaps been sitting there utterly silent for too long whilst her thoughts and concerns ran amok in her head. "Something like that sounds like it would be a wonderful start. But I will sort of have to kind of talk and sort things out with my Aunt beforehand though," the words perhaps spilling out of her mouth faster than they should have in an attempt to fill the silence.
