I'm not without empathy, I'm struggling for focus

Urgent or not, it did take a little bit to actually leave her room. First she needed to dry off, then get dressed in a new, dry outfit. She couldn't just go streaking across the palace.

Nor could she be marching to a meet up while looking miserable and wet.

Even for her, she had certain lines she wouldn't cross even disregarding morality!

It couldn't be overstated how long just getting one of her annoyingly complex dresses on her could be sometimes.

After getting her properly dressed and dried, there was still the matter of her ankle which Tenshi had been in the middle of trying to heal, but failed because of the interruption.

Thus, Lyov had wrapped her ankle tightly in the interim.

Then, after all that...

Vaughn simply picked her up and carried her anyway!

Granted, it wasn't like she could have shown up in front of Prince Caleb - soon to be King Caleb - soaking wet and naked.

Well, she could.