All bowed to King Adrian who walked in leading Amie by hand. Many saw that there were two seats beside the King's and could already deduce it was where Amie was going to seat. Queen Mother Raine was standing before one, so Amie was sure the other was for her. King Adrian led her to her seat before taking his.
After he sat, the two women beside him followed before, he nodded for the music to continue. Those dancing danced and those eating ate. Amie looked around the crowd and her eyes immediately found her parents. Her father stood stoic amongst those who tried to chat him up, while her mother was operating in the fifth level of heaven. As though she had never left society, she mixed in quite well; fast making friends who spared nothing to flatter her. She found Allen obediently amongst children his age, oddly not lost at all. It was as though he had inherited their mother's ability to socialize.