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His gaze move from the front of the Temple to look over his shoulder at the sound of someone clearing their throat. Seeing a young beauty, Arthur immediately rose to his feet and dipped his head in greeting to her, as was appropriate for a man in the presence of a woman. Part of him that was beginning to recognize the once stifled cynicism within himself felt that she was wrong, that she didn’t know his predicament and couldn’t possibly understand. However, the part of him that was faithful… The part of him that believed in people and honesty chose to understand the woman’s words. Many gods? No, he doubted that. There was one god, whole and true. Then again, this was a new world. Not a new kingdom or a new country, but an entire new world. The rules were surely different here than they were back home, and it seemed that this woman had a better grasp of life here than he did. ”Rexanna,” Arthur said with a small smile. ”A name befitting royalty. I am Arthur.” She was beautiful enough to be royalty, oceanic eyes shining and dark hair contrasting her fair skin. He realized that his unbroken gaze might have been taken as rude and remembered himself, breaking the stare to glance at the floor for just a moment with a gentle smile. ”What, pray tell, is your predicament, your grace? Are you far from home, or have you a kingdom that was stolen from you?” Arthur
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