Aribelle was about to pull back as the girl went out to stroke her face, but she decided not to, sensing no malicious intent in her actions. The guards appeared to be on edge at this interaction, but did nothing other than grip their weapons more tightly and watch with nervous apprehension. The girl was then taken to her quarters and Aribelle was able to at last make it into the dinning hall. She'd want to see more of that girl later on, but for right now all she wanted to see was those delicious sweat rolls.

"Thank you," she said to the ranger, sitting down in her seat at the front of the table. Without further adieu she dug into her meal with great gusto, not caring how she was viewed by others. She was used to good meals so this wasn't overly special other than the fact that it was so long awaited and a part of a special ceremony. As the meal was drawing to a close, some were beginning to leave to carry out whatever plans they had in store for the rest of the day, leaving the table more and more bare both of people and the large quantities of food that was slowly dwindling down to table scraps. Aribelle made sure to help eat a lot of the leftovers, snatching hold of anything that caught her interest. 

At this point she would normally have preferred to go to her room and relax, but now she had work to do. She turned to Alex, making sure to chew whatever was in her mouth before speaking.

"So, it seems like you'd like to extend your hand in an alliance between our two kingdoms in order to combat the dwarven forces?" She questioned, which was more just to bring up the subject.