"Well, unfortunately, I can't say I have a frame of reference, but I certainly get the idea," said Kayneth with a bit of a shrug. "It's certainly grander than most things I've experienced back home, and believe me, I've got some experience with grandiose events."

...he really wondered if he should ask about quite a few of these things, but even if he could occasionally have difficulty reading the mood, he felt a bit... uneasy. Perhaps he'd picked up the traces of anger without realizing they weren't necessarily directed at him... or perhaps he was still trying to figure out what the proper procedure for not knowing someone important and magical was.

...well, all right, it could be both.