As expected of her Lily was able to make it to the lift that had been arranged for her - which was honestly a bit extreme considering she could drive one of these speeders herself without any problems, and she highly doubted that even this small courtesy of security was needed when more than half the planet had come to celebrate her family's casting out of the corrupt Krath governor that had been placed on the planet before her birth, as well as for the economic success the planet had seen under the entire family's ventures in business. It was a common known fact for most of the populace of Cinnegar that the heiress to the throne would be beginning the first step of many towards the eventual coronation that would take place in little under half a year's time.
Not much time had passed from the point that she made it to the gate outside the Iron Citadel, perhaps a half hour or so at worst, so the teenager was reasonably ahead of schedule to allow her some free time for wandering and mingling with the socialites and rich citizens of the planet and visitors from abroad. As far as the teen was concerned, however, she was far more interested in stopping for something to eat at a small restaurant that both reeled her in as a regular and respected her privacy by not making it painfully obvious that Lily Kuhn dined at the small burger joint every so often. But that was to be expected when, even though she considered herself better than the majority of the people that lived on the planet, she publicly made it clear that she put the planet's interests before many of her own - even going so far as to go on leave from her early attendance to university on Anaxes to make sure things went smoothly on Teta first, which was apparently all it took to become "Koros' sweetheart" in the eyes of the majority of the people. It probably helped that her smile was just a little bit awkward, even for a rich socialite like herself.
"Good afternoon, Frank. Lovely day out, isn't it? Not a cloud in the sky." Lily said as she walked into the small establishment, smiling and slightly waiving at the owner of the place that stood behind the bar counter. She, being a minor, sat at a table closer to the bar than away, and looked around in mild admiration of the quiet atmosphere of the small place. "You've got yourself a long day ahead of you, eh? Ceremony at the Citadel and all." The burly man, revealed to be Frank, replied as she lifted up a glass and began to polish it with a stark-white rag. "Yep.. I think I'll be eating a bit light today, need to keep my figure good for the cameras after all! Maybe some chowder?" A bit of conversation between the two, mostly comprised of how chowder was not figure-flattering as the teenager insisted it was, quickly went by and several minutes later Lily found herself completely occupied with eating her soup and enjoying the relative silence with Frank going off to chat with other regulars who were old enough to drink and young enough to listen to the old man talk about his past.
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