"The MI-5? That's really important work! Totally got me beat by a long shot in the brains department, that means," he said with a wink, spinning the bottle in his palm before pouring out the perfect amount for each cup. Luc turned and offered her a cup of tea, stirred to perfection, and shook his head, "Andivad is Queen Sarah's son, and she and I are about the same age, chronologically, so she and I got to know each other as friends. I know, I look under 30, probably will for a while, but yeah. Anyway, um. He and I saw each other a lot during big social to-dos. Usually, the Saturnalia ball held every year, or the Solstice parties that the Goblin kingdom likes to throw. Since my family's royalty, we kind of had to go." He sipped his tea before setting it down and starting to work on boiling some rice and put the chicken in the pan with some oil. It was going to be a stir fry.
"Thing is, though, dad's got two older sons, and all I'd wind up being is leverage in becoming some prize for a princess if I stuck around, so about 11 years ago, I came topside and haven't gone back. I like it up here, at least humans aren't stuck in the dark ages. Sure, it might be a polluted, crime-riddled wreck of a place, but it sure as hell beats armor suits and iron stoves."