She listened carefully, brow furrowing as she tried to understand. It was obvious they were from very different places, and Alexis was realizing there was no real analog in her world of what he was saying. At least, none that she knew of. Haley Blue had been a star, but she wasn't exactly important, not in an aid-to-the-president sort of way that Stefen seemed to be.

She pushed a lock of bright red hair behind her ear and nodded thoughtfully at his clothes. That helped. "Do you all work for the same king?" A pause. "There's probably a lot of kings, aren't there?"