Sophie's first observation of the dinning room was that it was the size of a hall with large statues from notable artists lining the walls. The crystal floor sparkled in the light giving off a sense of elegance and class.
There was a single long table with over eighty chairs in the center of the room, but the duke and his daughter simply sat next to one another at the head.
"Why haven't I seen any servants?" Sophie asked in a puzzled tone.
"I wasn't sure if you would be comfortable having people see your new physique, so I ordered all the servants to stay away for the rest of the evening. It will be impossible to hide this forever but there is no proof or link to your insectoid lineage. I have yet to see another member of your mother's race even after years battling on the frontier," replied the duke.
"We just need to claim that your mother was part of an uncontacted race in the outer rims."
