>>19318690"Miss Valari, you know there are people to carry those if you would prefer. Though, from your physique I imagine you do much of the heavy lifting yourself. Ah, forgive me. Indeed I shall carry my own bag. You are not a servant nor my ward, Miss Valari. Do not let others push you around or take advantage."
>[Taking private elevators and led through back rooms to avoid the crowds, The Queen and Valari arrive at a double sky box, ready to view the impending contest between Dia Mond and --]"Oh, 'Kanako Leichenburg.' I recall a very brief meeting at Jeanne's -- ah, excuse me. At Miss Onigiri's Villa some time ago. Miss Valari, word reached me then that nobody by that name should exist, and yet here she shall be. What to make of this, I wonder? Quite the contradiction, I might suggest. Ah, but no matter. Miss Dia Mond is the one we shall speak to. Remind her of the deal she signed, the role she was to play... and her place in my presence."
