"He did, and Mr. Vaeros is very rude, that is also true. You would not like him, no one did... Perhaps he would have been kinder if someone had been, but even the nicest people in Visium could only withhold from disdain, I don't think a single person had a nice thing to say."

Well, maybe SOMEONE liked him.

Alice watched as a little moth came out and she smiled.

"Oh! She's lovely! It's a pleasure to meet you, Princess Blanca!" Alice offered a curtsy to the moth with all seriousness. After all, a moth princess was still a princess. "Ah, I just realized we've not been properly introduced, sir. I very well couldn't go with you if I don't know your name."