Under the Maltese Skies

[Loyola]

Administrator would want to notify Loyola that Charlotte will be arriving soon, but her highness has rushed a little bit too fast for him to react. The man just decided that it's not quite worth to try and outrun her highness. He just hoped that Charlotte arriving without notification would not make his employer angry and won't end up with him losing this job. While he had a natural desire to be around that meeting and probably hear something interesting since life around here has been quite boring and uneventful, he had to go and oversee the repair of heating systems. Without much amusement and a certain fear for his own future, the administrator just carried on to his duties.

Loyola had her time to think about all sorts of things in relative calmness, and even relaxing. Keeping a lot of things in mind, Outcast is trying to process ongoing business and operations. Now it's more obvious that Loyola is a little bit has worn out, some would even say exhausted. For a moment she even has forgotten why she's here and nearly closed her eyes to have a little nap. She would not pay attention to definitely closing in the sound of footsteps in one of the corridors leading to the guest room. It did not sound like administrator from before and it cannot be Charlotte who would not come this fast and of course administrator would warn her. Lirio Blanco is a very quiet place and any sound is usually well heard, some noises of clanking metal and plastic were coming from the opposite side of the residence, where the heating system is being repaired. But footsteps were closing and when the sound got as loud as it could get the door have opened...

Not expecting to see Charlotte outright, Loyola couldn't help but shudder a little, hoping that her Gallic counterpart wouldn't notice. En is attempting to regain self-control in the very next moment since she was overly relaxed in that chair, she decided that she should keep posing this way until this light wave of shock caused by the sudden appearance of Charlotte passes. Outcast takes a deep breath and sighs, then again, trying to make it not very noticeable. She will now have to bring a lot of bad news and then probably offer more things that Charlotte might not quite like.

Enma is making the short gesture, inviting Charlotte to take a seat while leaning her head forward a little. That's not how you greet the Gallic princess normally, but En's mind is now heavily occupied with other thoughts. When she's actually noticing her gesture, she's closing her eyes for a moment, admitting mistake that she just made. It may only complicate things and she's intended to stop speaking now, hopefully, her verbal skills won't fail her this hard. En starts with a little low and even suppressed voice, not quite knowing with what to even begin. It's not because of her, but her highness has spent years in captivity, and naturally, she will demand explanations. She waits until Charlotte will take her seat.

— I am very pleased to see that your highness...

Loyola would question her own fake manners and if they will hope her to sound sincere. It was obvious that she's questioning her own tone when she pronounced 'your highness', she nearly sounded like the question.

— Charlotte, I understand how hard it is and I am very happy to see that you are holding up well. There are a lot of things that I have to explain.

After picking between Charlotte and Charly, En decided to go with the full name for now, rather than making it outright informal. Making long pauses and picking up words carefully appeared to be the correct choice as of now.

— Soon after you were... taken, I was forced into exile and I had to hide you, People who came to replace me on the field of Malta's politics were heavily pro-Bretonian and my best bet was to move you somewhere quiet and safe. That's the reason behind the lack of communication either. I wasn't sure what they would do with you, it could be anything from transferring you to the enemy or running you as a glorified slave. That could not be allowed.

En takes a sip of juice to wet up to her throat and resumes speaking shortly, trying to track Charlotte's facial reactions.

— I have managed to destroy pro-Bretonian wing and come back to power, as you would expect it took some time and effort, now it's much safer and that means you could go public again...

Being confused with what to say after, Outcast has made pause long enough that would allow Charlotte to answer without looking rude or appear as someone who's interrupting the other person's speech.

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