[Mekatra]

Joane shrugged when he mentioned a husband. "She was meant to be married once, but the man she was intended for died in a pirate attack on his way here to get her, oddly enough." She dropped her voice down low so he would have to lean in to hear her. "I still think the queen secretly orchestrated that because she didn't approve of the union. She's dreadfully protective of her favorite lady in waiting." The knight leaned back then and shrugged. "She IS nice, and she is pretty, but she's also highly intelligent and cunning."

[Crystalkitsune85]

Trevor though a moment about what he heard. He leaned back to whisper in return. "Do you think that she's trying to set me and Leandrea up for marriage? I wouldn't think she'd let me escort her in that case if she thought I wasn't good for her." he told Joane. If she did get rid of this guy because she didn't approve the union, does she approve of us?"

[Mekatra]

Joane shrugged. "It's hard to tell with her majesty. She's not an easy woman to read. This may be her way of vetting you though. With you supposedly being her cousin, she'll certainly want to find a marriage that will work for her benefit as much as for your own. It's tricky to say what she may or may not be planning." She flopped on the bed. "Gods, I am exhausted though. Working with you at nights and then my obligations during the day has me catching myself coming and going. I don't think I've worked this hard since I was a squire."

[Crystalkitsune85]

Trevor wasn't quite sure he was happy with someone setting him up for marriage but he guessed it came with his new life. He watched as Joane flopped onto her bed, looking exhausted. "Sorry." he said. "you didn't ask for me to be tossed into your lap, but yet here I am. I've been doing well though I suppose, so you at least have been doing a good job." he said trying to make her feel better somewhat.

[Mekatra]

Joane shrugged and stared up at the ceiling. "You didn't really have much control over it. It's a lot better training you now that you take this seriously." She glanced down at him. "You never told me if you chase mice."

She sat back up on the bed and sighed. "It won't be much longer until you have a place of your own and we won't have to share a room anymore. It will be nice to have my privacy back."

[Crystalkitsune85]

He went over to the cot that was placed in the opposite corner of Joane's bed and sat down. He finally went from sleeping on the floor to a cot after a few days of training. "Yeah well, privacy is a luxury that I didn't get growing up so I'm used to being around other people. At least you smell nice," he said with a laugh. "Most of the time."

[Mekatra]

Joane actually growled at him like a dog. "DO. YOU. CHASE. MICE?" She said each word slowly, but loudly. "You keep dodging my question." She tossed her boots off into another corner and flopped back again. "Your presence has put a bit of a damper on my love life, but other than that I don't mind you much anymore."

[Crystalkitsune85]

He jumped visibly when she repeated the question. He didn't actually know she wanted an answer to that. "No. I don't." he said. "I may have some cat-like attributes at night, but chasing mice is not one of them." he told her quietly. When she mentioned him being a damper on her love life, he deflated some. "I'm sorry, I don't mean to keep you from your nightly affairs," he said. "I can always go sleep in another place if you want to have 'company'." he said.

[Mekatra]

Joane snickered and slid off the bed. "There goes my plan for distracting you some night during practice. I suppose I shall have to try something else." She dug through the chest at the foot of the bed.

"No, I won't put you out for that. Perhaps a few weeks will help me focus my attentions on more productive things. I'm already getting pressure from his majesty to move my dalliances to something more permanent and marital." She shook her head and grumbled. "I thought I had an old set of bracers in here, but I must have given them away. We'll start armed combat tomorrow night as soon as I can find you some armor."

[Crystalkitsune85]

He watched her from her bed, rifling through her trunk. When she mentioned armed combat he scratched his head. "I won't have to learn anything on horseback, will I? I don't get along with horses, they don't like me," he said. "Guess it's the hidden feline in me. They usually get very aggressive around me." He got up from his bed and stretched. "I tried working at a livery stable and the horses, all of them were nice tempered until I came about. Then they started snapping at me."

[Mekatra]

Her brows furrowed and nodded slowly. "I mean, it would be for the best for you to at minimum to know how to ride a horse, but I suppose if they won't let you then... I don't know." She stood and went to the closet to continue looking for the missing bracers. "Any other animals you don't get along with?"

[Crystalkitsune85]

He bit his lip for a moment. "Well there's dogs. Most dogs hate me. The braver ones will give chase, the more docile ones will just bark me away. Never been bit though thank goodness. Cats love me. I'm sure you saw that one coming. Especially female cats..." he said with a face. "You couldn't imagine how many nights I spent with heat female cats in heat, just rubbing themselves all over me."

[Mekatra]

"Well, at least the ladies love you." She snorted back a laugh and gave up on her quest to find the bracers. "I guess I will go out looking for armor. You should probably get some sleep. I'll be back this evening right after sundown." She went about pulling her boots back on. "If you go exploring, be polite to everyone you see but don't bow to anyone that isn't the king or queen."

[Crystalkitsune85]

He stuck his tongue out at her, on that comment. He yawned when she mentioned sleep and he took he sat back down on his cot, kicked his shoes off and then laid back. "You do that, I'll take a cat-nap." he said keeping up with the cat references. He rolled onto his side and curled up and started to go to sleep.

[Mekatra]

It was around dark when a courier showed up and knocked on the door. When he answered it he was handed a note that said Joane had been called away on important business and would be gone for a few days. He was to continue with his training as much as he could on his own, and she would pick back up with him when she returned. This meant his next few days were free to explore the castle and get into any unsupervised trouble he pleased.

[Crystalkitsune85]

He read the note as he yawned and rubbed his eyes. He looked out the window and then turned to thank the courior and then when he left he left the room after pulling shoes on. He was given some nice decent clothing in the two weeks that he was there. Including shoes, which he hated but for basic walking, it was better on his feet then going barefoot.

He headed down to the area that Joane trained him in, down by the stables. He went through the basic maneuvers as he did every night and then went off on a training dummy instead of sparring with Joane.