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Absalon Fice

"Yes, I agree, once we return I'm sure that between the planning and I'm sure that our parents will start the bombardments of questions on how we feel about each other. Although I'm sure we both will tell them that we simply learned each other more and loved from there." he said to her with a smile. He ate his food and wiped his hands and mouth. "Sophia, I will be training for the next three to four hours, as much as I want to spend time with you more, I can not slack on them, but afterwards I did have plans to see a local production this afternoon with you, if you're interested." Absalon offered to her.

He took his training seriously, as it was one of his passions, but now he would have another with her by his side. He loved her, and if he were to be honest, he would say that this would be the first time he was in love also. He was even happier that she felt the same way towards him.

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"Don't worry about me, I'll be fine, I'm not going to be a second over two hours, promise." Absalon said and went out back where he would don his full set of armor, helmet and all, even with his sword on his waist before he would run laps around the estate, the sound of his armor moving would be heard from outside each time he would get close to the house. After a few passes he would work on his agility in a more odd way.

He stood on his hands and had Blake place his sword with the flat side on his feet. His body shook slightly as he started to walk on his hands, making sure to not let the sword drop as he walked on his hands, his breathing a little hard at this point and after a while he stopped that and took a break to get water. He took off his helmet, his face drenched in sweat as he tossed back glasses of water before going back to working on his sword swing.

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After Absalon had practiced his sword swing and his hand to hand combat, he had only his most dreaded portion of his training left, which doubled as where his performance was the least spectacular, his archery training. Tiffany would help him with his form by demonstrating proper technique for him. He did just as Tiffany instructed and let the arrow fly, missing the target completely. Tiffany let out a small giggle, then stopping almost instantly due to Absalon's attention cutting to her like a knife.

"Would you like to substitute for the target Tiffany?" Absalon asked her as he went back to his practice. He was absolutely horrible, and after two quivers of arrows he was able to finally hit the target in almost the most outward part of the circle. "Alright, well that's better than back home." Absalon said and started to wrap up training and took off his armor and put it away. Absalon cleaned and shined his armor to where it was mirror like, the light from the sun reflecting off of it as he moved so it wouldn't be in his face and he saw Sophia across the way and moved the armor so the sun would reflect off of it and shine in her face to get her attention.

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"No, I'm trying to steal the shine in your eyes for my armor." Absalon teased back at her. "I will be ready in a matter of minutes and then we'll head out," Absaon added before he put away each piece of armor carefully before heading in and cleaning up before coming back out in more casual attire. "Sophia, our show starts in about five minutes,are you ready to leave?" Absalon had asked her as he walked towards her place in the gardens, he too was a little impressed with how big the garden was and with such a variety too.

It honestly reminded him of his mother's, she absolutely adored gardening and all aspects of it. He shrugged it off after a second and paid attention to Sophia. "Oliver, I know you have your duties and must carry them out, I know all too much about holding your post, but I was hoping that it would be just Sophia and I attending the play. You don't have to worry about her being protected," Absalon said and patted the sword on his hip."I'll make sure she's safe."

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"It is a promise then, we will be back later this evening," Absalon said as he walked to the carriage he had for Sophia and him. He was surprised with Oliver's easy surrender of Sophia for the evening. "What exactly did you tell Oliver, just a couple hours ago I'm sure he'd rather cut his own head off before he left you alone with me, but now he's all for it, why?" Absalon asked. He was a curious person already and the sudden flip of character didn't make him uneasy, but he did wonder if she passed along one of his stories from when they were at dinner last night.

They would be driven into town and to the local theatre where there would be a double feature put on for them, the first being the play adaptation of an epic from the kingdom they were in, and the second being a comedy. Their arrival had also been announced to the director and his crew. They would see people wave to them as they went down the streets. "It seems like the entire city knew about the settlement and emphasis on us coupling together, was I the only one truly ignorant to the reason for coming all the way out here and meeting with the princess?" Absalon thought to himself, feeling a little embarrassed about not knowing anything upon his initial arrival. He switched his attention back to her quickly so he wouldn't appear to be drifting in thought.

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"It would be the absolute opposite for a soldier back home, the night guard is the most vigilant in their duties, my father actually was tackled one night because he was wearing a dark robe while strolling the castle grounds since he couldn't sleep. I was able to see the whole thing from my balcony. He demanded that they tone it down a little," Absalon said with a chuckle. "Would you say he was impressed with the stories, or was he more terrified of you?" Absalon asked as he saw how nervous she got when she saw they'd make a scene of their arrival. It was odd, she had given examples of her being unmovable in the courts, but she was actually nervous from the onlookers?

"So does that unyielding spirit stay locked away in the courts? You seem so nervous to where you're nearly blushing, it's absolutely adorable," Absalon teased and grabbed her hand. "Don't worry my love, if you get too flustered I'll storm the stage in my underwear to distract everyone from you." Absalon said to her before walking her in and to their seats. The crowd waved and Absalon would shake the hands of those extended to him as they walked. They were shown the balcony seats that were for them only.

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"Oh I'm sure you're able to be very witty and hurtful as you demonstrated in your story. Just go easy on me once we're married, I think if anyone deserves a little leniency with your quips and insults." Absalon joked with her as he held her hand when she started comparing being on display to being in the courts. "I think it would be a little similar for you, I'm sure you think that sometimes those who appear before the court are there just to put on a show." Absalon said and had a thought. "Please excuse me Sophia, I'll be right back." Absalon said before he darted off and wouldn't come back until the announcer walked from behind the curtain to announce the play. He came back breathing a little hard and wiping some sweat off his forehead.

The announcer cleared his throat before speaking. "Ladies and Gentlemen, before we begin let us thank the Prince of Zale and the Princess of Phoxuria for joining us tonight, Absalon Fice an Sophia Darrington!" The announcer said and the spotlight was put on them, to which the crowd cheered and applauded. Absalon had a smile on as if he was holding back laughter. He simply stood up and waved with her. "Sophia I honestly tried to get him to not do that and he said he wouldn't." Absalon said to her.