((hee!))

Ah. The mentality of a ruler - how familiar and true.

Illyria shrugs - donning the Fred persona once more. "I don't know about that," she replies. "Sometimes hiding is fun. Let people see you as a weakling until an opportune moment strikes and you strike them dead."

She should know. The sorcerer Cyvus Vail had been a victim to this grave assumption, after all.