been tryin' hard not to get into trouble
She is more than happy to have a cloak of naivety. She is barely four but she is not still wet behind the ears, she's just easily concealable and unknown. Demian knows the most about her and that isn't saying much, Gallows knows her mind but she can't surely know the next move before it happens. Perhaps she is wrong, although she didn't have company travel to the Dale with her it is no mystery there is someone trailing behind her.
It isn't long before a ghostly figure appears, it was blatantly obvious pleasantries weren't his forte and she was genuinely surprised that he didn't smell worse. Perhaps it's just our perception of what we see and what we expect to mimic in our olfactory sensory; Everdeen isn't sure. She furrows her brow slightly as he makes his spill about a little valley girl. She is not bothered, a smile was often on her face but when that facade wasn't up it was simply a mask of indifference. "Oh, my apologies - I wasn't aware I was offering my oath, loins or blood," she quickly retorts, noticing Gallows as appeared from behind her in close proximity, "If what Gallows says is true, why do you keep playing with broken things? Can't find a big enough challenge?" she says, all sweetly, all genuine on the exterior - she wasn't sure of the next mare approaching; she was colored similar to our Everdeen (in pattern at least) and Raven's circled her. "The Queen, must be," she says to herself and greets her with a small extension of her neck and nickers a welcome. Soon a man who identifies as Gallows son approaches, she did not expect a party but she assesses that she and Gallows are outnumbered despite where this Kushiel's allegiance may be.
"Thank you for your welcome, Straia and you sir," she didn't catch his name but surely Gallows will say it if he doesn't. "As you may have heard we have changed hands so to speak, Demian is our King now. Obviously we both have some bloodthirsty," she eyes Gryffen,"members in each of our kingdoms. We're implementing changes and perhaps if our values align, could form an alliance - do you have any questions for me? It's only the polite thing to let you go first..."
She was sweet but she can bite, if provoked enough.