She grinned, "There's nothing like the smell of rain on the open sea, the waves crashing down on you, and the uncertainty of whether you'll make it out alive."
Thessalonike listened curiously, then blinked with surprise when his top hat and glasses appeared out of nowhere. "Oh!" she exclaimed with surprise. She had a trick of her own but so few knew about it, and even fewer had seen it. She smiled after the initial shock, "Lovely to meet you, Papa Ghede." She hesitated before saying, "My father is Philip the Second, and my brother is Alexander the Great. I am Thessalonike of Macedon," she said, complete with a curtsy. She felt his introduction warranted at least that.