[ Amelia, meanwhile, has dealt with royals before. Oh the stories she could tell of the royalty of some of the planets she's visited! But that's neither here nor there. ]

Really? Curious, balls seem to be one of the cornerstones of royal life, right along with the less political... meetings and legal matters and such.

[ Amelia sighs a little, looking over the crowd. ]

All the ones I've been strong-armed into attending have seemed much... grander than this affair, though. It's the cobwebs, if I had to isolate a single element.