That must be the Maiden... Syrlya's never met her, but he has at least heard and seen enough to know that she is on good terms with the Ringmaster. "Of course. And not, perhaps, that the reason the Maiden doesn't return has to do with something else in the Court? Such as the insatiable greed of the your people. Your stagnation."

He tilts his head, raising a brow. The word choice may come from the book that he found, but he says it with the same conviction of truth. Was it common knowledge why the Summer Maiden left, or is this the first time Ignatius has heard the truth of her wayward behavior? "That was what she had hoped to change with the Winter Maiden once. Didn't you know that?"