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She was fidgeting, a bad habit and a extreme annoyance to anyone around her. Of course Briseis only fidgeted when she was excited or nervous, but to her credit she was actually feeling both feelings at the same time. At any rate the person next to her should be thankful all she was doing was fidgeting. She wasn't standing with her cousins, but watching from a nearby seat, she was princess by right of birth but she was no daughter of Troy, a fact that a few of her cousins were constantly noting. She didn't let that bother her because perhaps one day soon her cousins wouldn't have to worry about her stealing away eligible suitors, not that she really cared about suitors.

She glanced up when the throne room was only a few whispers and there before stood the most demure, and lovely woman she had ever seen.

Well next to her own mother of course, and maybe the queen as well, and a few of the princesses even though they still hadn't quite been able to copy the grace in the bow. A smile appeared on her face as her thoughts went tumbling on, until she caught sight of her cousin Cassandra, who as always looked a bit glum. Oh please don't let her ruin this moment, not for Hector and certainly not for Andromache, she shouldn't have been thinking such a bad thought about her cousin but the thought slipped into her head before she could stop it. She wanted happiest for the soon to be married couple, she wanted to bound out her seat and swept her new "sister" into a warm embrace so she wouldn't have any thoughts of leaving. Yet her mother's words of warning stuck in her head, "you must always practice decorum in the throne room of Priam." She actually tried to glance in her uncle's direction waiting on the words of welcome, or something to happen.

And of course the fidgeting started again, however this time she willed herself to stop before it got to bad. She would wait on her welcome, because she knew that Hector should be the first to welcome his bride, but she still wished he would hurry up and do it before Apollo's chariot disappeared from the sky.