Some of the populace assembled here are a rather... [ Um. ] motley bunch. [ She's not being rude... Right? Well, maybe a little. ] I don't think you necessarily have to have come from another time period to think some of them a little mad at times.

I will assist you, but I ask for simply one thing in exchange: a contest of swordsmanship. A practice bout of course.

[ Perhaps he won't approve of such a challenge being issued by a woman? Maybe she's totally counting on that and issues the challenge regardless. Either way, she's still got that serenely aloof look on her face as she smiles a little. ]

I am doing my utmost to not allow my skills to grow rusty while I'm here and I would like to see how a future king compares.