A Date with Talia

"I'm here because you wanted to meet me, didn't you?" the girl asked with a quizzing look on her face. "My master said that you wanted to see me, which is why I came."

"Did you not want to meet me for something?" 

Alex was a little surprised. "So they didn't tell you why I wanted to meet you?" he asked.

"I… I just assumed it was because of something I did in the past. Or maybe… its embarrassing to say this but… maybe because I'm pretty?" she asked.

Alex chuckled a litle when he heard that. "So they did not tell you that I'm looking for a Queen?" he asked.

"Oh, are you? They only told me that—" Talia paused for a momenta as the realization of what she had just heard hit her.

"Q-queen?" she asked. "A-are you saying that you're here with me because I— am I going to a queen?"

"No, you're not," Alex said quickly to calm  her down. "You're not the only choice, and I came here today to see how you are in person. Please, be yourself."