She finds you in your tent

It isn't much time after that that Alexia finds you sitting in your tent. "Oh, there you are Bruce." Alexia gracefully slides through your tent flap closing it behind her for a little privacy. "I'm glad I checked here before I walked down to the game fields."

"Yeah, I left Galleon in charge for a while." You smile at her, trying to look calmer than you feel. Already you sense your perceptive Spymaster scrutinizing you intently and you realize you better give her an explanation as to why you are sitting alone in your tent. "I had another vision of Olympus. I spoke to Aphrodite this time. She says that Zeus has agreed to give me my Birthright and that I am to go to the temple of Ares in Athenapolis in the morning."

"What does that mean Bruce?" Alexia asks clearly concerned about this sudden change in the situation. "Are you going to ascend to Mount Olympus and join your real parents?"

"Oh no!" You laugh, "Mount Olympus is not all it's cracked up to be. It's much more fun to cause chaos down here in the mortal lands than to sit around drinking Ambrosia and gossiping up there." It is clear to you that Alexia is not convinced by your cavalier attitude, so you try again to downplay the importance of this development. "Besides, I bet it's going to be another one of his half-measures that doesn't amount to anything at all."

"I have to reach out to my network, Bruce." You see Alexia starting to plan out what would be needed to secure your trip into the city. "What time do you have to be at the Temple of Ares?"

"At dawn, but I was just going to slip in on my own." You tell her before she makes this into a state visit. "I'll use my Silver Fox free-Rider disguise." Alexia rolls her eyes and crosses her arms across her chest making it clear that she is not going to let you wander into a warzone on your own. "OK, Alexia," you concede "you can put together a small escort for me." When you see her start to plan you make sure you both agree on the definition of small. "No more than six - you hear me?" This time it is Alexia's turn to recognize that you're not going to budge on this. With a sigh and a nod, the matter is settled. It is a dance that the two of you have gone through before, but with what you've overheard while eavesdropping outside Alexia's tent adds an extra spice to the bargaining.

"Was there you needed me for? You said you were looking for me." You ask innocently.

"As a matter of fact, yes." Alexia looks suddenly uncomfortable, "I had an interesting chat with Lady's Sara and Mara." You smile in anticipation, let's see how your normally cool Spymaster handles this conversation.

"Are they settling in nicely?"

"Pretty well, you did a good thing getting them out of Athenapolis ..." Alexia picks at a spot of imaginary dirt on her tunic, and you have to hide your smile behind your hand to keep from laughing. "That bastard Lord Darius gave them a pretty intrusive examination and filled their pretty heads with some pretty graphic ideas about what was going to happen to them once you got your hands on them." Instead of helping her out you wait patiently for her to get to the point.

"They asked me if you were going to summon them to your tent tonight ... you know to sleep with them." She raises her hands to stop any protests you might make. "The more I think about it, the more I think you should seriously consider it."

Even though you knew this was where the conversation was going, you are still surprised by the directness of her statement.