"No," he said slowly, and with a growing level of amusement. "I was brought here from the banquet beginning the peace talks between the kings-- there was a fool doing tricks, with butterflies?" Not knowing how far ahead of him she was, he was not sure if she would recall one banquet of countless such events; but, he had been watching her face when the butterflies appeared, and figured it would be something she remembered.
"You cannot be from much later than that," he commented; she did not look a day older than when he had spoken to her outside of Lady Vivian's chambers.