As Ripred, Gregor, and his family made their way to the gates allowing them in to Regalia, the guards just open the gates seeing who they were. The city had replaced all of the torches that were lost, when the rats had sieged Regalia, which allowed Gregor to use his eyes instead of echolation, and the dimly lit flashlight his dad had come down with, seeing they couldn't do echolation.
"So I'm going to guess, you want to surprise, your little girlfriend," Ripred asked.
"Uh," Gregor hadn't thought about it, but it seemed like a good idea and said, "Yea, sure that sounds like a good idea."
"Ok lover boy, here's the plan, from what I can smell, a bunch of people are eating in the dining room in the palace, so I'll make it look like you planned this and make it simple, I'll go in there, ask you something and you can come in and make a stupid joke you humans think is funny." Ripred snickered.
"Whatever," said Gregor becoming slightly annoying with Ripred.
As they were walking through the palace about to turn the corner to go in to the dining room, Nerissa had turned the corner and almost ran into Ripred but tripped and was caught by Ripred's tail.
"Overlander your are back, but why," she explained
"I came to move down here, if I am allowed," he explained
"I am certain you will be able to stay," Nerissa explained. I must go now, but I will see you soon," and at that she waved goodbye to him and his family, as she walked away.
As Ripred walked into the dining room he asked, "Is that shrimp in cream sauce I smell, what do you think of the warrior?" he asked
Everyone looked up at Ripred, when Gregor walked in to the room and said " Well I don't know, Ripred, I've never liked that stuff, very much," and just as he finished talking, Luxa had ran over to him and knocked the breath out of him , with an enormous bear hug. Which surprised him that she had that much strength.
"I can't believe your back," she said crying tears of joy into his shoulder.
"Luxa," called Vikus from the front of the table, who was looking better since his stroke happen, "Let our guests, sit down after their long journey."
As they all got situated and sat down, Vikus turned to him, who was sitting next to Luxa, and ask "What is it that we owe this pleasant visit for?"
"I have a question," he told them " I want to know if you will let me come and live in down here, in Regalia..
"I would of course let you, Gregor," but the decision is not up to me, it is up to Luxa," Vikus said " I have let her have almost full power as Queen since my stroke."
"Ok," said Gregor turning to Luxa "
"I have a question for you, Luxa, will you let me come and live down here in Regalia, your majesty," said Gregor with a huge smile on his face, but it left his face when Luxa said
"No."