Stars shone in the black depths of the heavens above, their singing, silver voice drowned out by the drum and dim light of the city below, and the night was long-fallen by the time Aria Cantion arrived. At her own request, she went unannounced, which the Lady Persia Dollenging, Viscountess of Enleais thought frankly scandalous. What was the point of feting a scion of the Imperial line if she were to arrive in secret?