Chapter 102: Food and Facts Part 2

Queen Ravan, Princess Ariana and Chancellor Keller arrive - along with a small fleet of attendants - all standing in the tunnel's entrance. They're clad in the same garments as yesterday, except the queen and princess sport a golden, floor length skirt and the chancellor's tunic matches the royal yellowish hue. At their sight, Clarence follows Sampson to a rise, Qippert and the rest of us quickly doing the same.

The queen waits a second longer, scanning the entire table before assuming the closest coral chair with a slow, haughty movement. She motions to Princess Ariana and once both are seated, Chancellor Keller opens his arms to us.

Everyone begins to sit but Sampson is quick to shake his head. I'm already seated - Mae, Pratt and Salva as well - and just as I'm about to jump back to a stand, Sampson clarifies.

"Females first," he glances around the table, locking eyes with the Rogue's confused expressions. "And now the males."

At this, the rest of the group sits in silence.