Lion Head Mesa corrosion [wp]

tavina had grilled etiquette into the girl as well as knowledge of herbs and basic medicine. she also had her father to teach such, and all the other royals as it were. now toula stood before the tall man of mereo and greeted him quite prettily.

the sesh noticed how he guarded them at once. were it only herself she might have found it presumptuous. as it were, she saw it as deference for the station of the princess. 

"the scutarius arrived with three others, including the matrona of mereo herself," tavina explained to the girl.