Chapter 59: Journey's End Part 2
She went back to her living area to eat, and timidly asked her guards if they would join her as she was literally going out of her head with boredom.
Chotar stated, It is forbidden for guards to mix with high ranking dignitaries. Leah replied jovially, Does that cover extremely ancient queens, too?
Looking startled, he stammered an undecided, Yes, but smiled back at her.
Can we at least talk to each other?
Of course, if that is what you wish, said Montava matter of factly, but we must stay at our post.
They arranged the furniture so she could sit, eat, and chat to them, without encroaching on their sworn duty. It was a start.
For a good hour, Montava, Chotar and Leah exchanged their experiences and learnt what life was like on each others planets. It was good for Leah to get a perspective from relatively ordinary Trimadians, though they were far from civilians.