Bery looked around the plaza and noticed that their group was being stared at by many of the elves. Several of them bowed as their empress passed by and paid her respects, despite her continuously telling them not to.
"Wow," the kitten said, "you really are popular."
Aqua sighed. "I do not find joy in this type of treatment. That's why I usually hole myself up inside of the castle."
Valerie shrugged. "You bring it on yourself. You could easily relinquish the throne, could you not?"
"And leave this entire kingdom to someone else? No, I will take it with all of the bad that comes with it. Despite what I said, I really wouldn't want to have it any other way."
