Griffin's notes: Ah, yes, Aldric's bawdy joke about Princess Celandine here is Lalias' attempt at Shakespearian humor, though I don't know if it's entirely successful... A product of its time, perhaps? Lalias was a contemporary of Shakespeare's and a bit of a fanboy. Ru hasn't mentioned Celandine's sisters in the story yet, but Lalias was one of the first writers to model the three princess after King Lear's daughters.

If Cordelia had even the slightest inclinations toward using war to get her point across, I imagine it would have a similar arc to Celandine's story. A different tragedy. Hahaha.

(All those zingers between our boys about their respective families, and Griffin chooses to talk about Lalias copying Shakespeare's homework??? -- Ru)

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