Tears were welling up in Defendia's eyes.[i]My this isn't anything like the action stories I hear from father.[/i] She was about to reach or her frilly handkerchief before she stopped herself.

[i]Don't cry, don't cry, a noble woman shouldn't cry to a commoner's story![/i] Defendia stood and turned away from Freya, trying to wipe the tears from her eyes.

"W-what a silly story! Maybe if they had the money to get a master cleric that wouldn't have happened! S-s-such stories of the poor only amuse me, O-OHOHOHOHOHO!" 
She laughed while tears fell from her face.