Show me your ways [Eris]

"It's certainly one way to get the heart racing. There's other ways you know."

He smirked back, following her off of the wall down into the grounds. He was surprised to see that the guards were quick to respond, but, she still found an issue with their detail. One of the guard had shirked off to a strip club, to which the Queen promised retribution upon his return. He looked to the guards, who looked at him with a sort of incredulous look. Mutters of "A kid?" and "Who...?" followed him into the castle as he walked behind Eris.

"Take a good look around as we walk, I'll keep the pace nice and easy to keep up with to give ample time for you to look about."

He did as she suggested, looking around at the walls and decor of the vast hall. Tapestries bearing the Royal Crest lined the walls, with painting of what he could only assume was countryside and wilderness from their kingdom laid upon the walls like windows into a different world. She had then stopped, halting some dressed down knights who had wandered into her orbit. She scolded them for the state of their armor. Rai was impressed at the obvious power she held. She had a strong voice, but it was soft and calm. Her demanding presence seemed to more or less explode from her words, despite her fair appearance. Every moment he had spent with her had given him the confidence that he was in good hands, for her leadership and honor seemed unmatched.

She took him to see who he could only assume was the false Queen, sitting in wait on the throne. He bowed his head respectfully, keeping up the charade while Eris introduced him and advised the conditions of his training and residence.

She led him immediately after into the training grounds, where she said "Go and explore, I'll be waiting here for you once you're done."

He looked towards her, nodded, and stepped out into the grounds, the murmurs of several guardsmen raising into the air as he stepped out into the open. He ignored this. She told him to explore, not to socialize, so, he had to use his recently re-acquired ability of ignorance to keep the confused whispers to a dull roar.

Several feet ahead of where they had entered hung a large sand bag, obviously a punching bag. He stepped around it, stood, and struck it with his right fist, sending it swaying away from him a short distance. he held a hand up and stopped it on the return, turning towards the rest of the grounds. So much equipment, so many practice weapons on racks, Rai immediately knew exactly how serious Eris took the training of her guard. This meant that he needed to get to know the training grounds as if it were his own private arena.

After a few more moments of walking around, continuing to ignore the couple of guardsmen that had been standing, watching him incredulously, he walked back towards Eris, and nodded again. "Thanks." he said. "Where to next?" he asked, shifting his weight and putting his hands in a relaxed position in front of him, not quite crossing his arms, but not quite holding them loosely in front of him.