"We're having dinner with my father, the Emperor."
"…"
She started to chuckle but changed her mind upon seeing his despondent expression. She had assumed there was no real love between father and son, but she didn't realize there would be such reluctance to being in each other's presence. 'At least it's not openly hostile' she thought. Aristocratic families were rarely examples of loving and supportive relatives.
Rowena assumed now was as good a time as any to ask about Dragorian Culture and Religion. Daimon had already told her he never paid much attention to the religion of his father and was not required to do so.
First, she helped him a plate of dinner and waited. He picked at it, his mind reeling from the news that he and Rowena had to eat with the Emperor. Daimon rarely referred to him as his father, largely because he never acted 'fatherly' towards him. and the Emperor preferred to be addressed as 'the Emperor' by everyone.