[Oh.

Is that why she had come all the way here? To apologize for her inappropriate behavior when they had first met? Without realizing it, Sieglinde was already sitting a bit straighter, putting aside her crude drawings of the wolf beast (that snorted lightly in its sleep and scratched an itch) to look at the other woman.

Well, she certainly seemed remorseful. And it wasn't as if Sieglinde was unaware of the quality of her own charms... She supposed she could find it in her to be magnanimous in this case.]

Your apology is accepted, Olivia, provided you continue to refrain from such salacious actions in the future.

[She could announce that with all the pomp and circumstance another lord could forgive a man from the gallows, reaching out to pat the older woman's shoulder in a show of good faith before turning to Masamune. Oh, yes, introductions-]

Masamune, this is Olivia, a...

[Wait a minute. Gaze turned back to the woman quizzically.]

What is your profession?

[A... Courtesan of some kind, perhaps? Or a maid to one of those exotic kings? Her mode of dress baffled.]