He had just explained the rules and she was already looking to make an exception.  Well, she certainly had confidence, he could tell that.  "Fine.  Tonight only, the time will be extended.  For how long...we'll see.  Try not to be too late."

He turned to see one of his agents stumble up the stairs out of the smoke. He is soon tripped up and pulled back into the darkness kicking and screaming. Scott stands upright and looks to his guest. "Miss Argentine might you lend me your might. You are an earth bender are you not?"

The Dai Li agents didn't respond to the kings command. Faint grunts could be heard followed by smoke trailing out of the underground chamber. "What the devil could be taking them so long." The king tapped his foot impatiently.

He smiles enjoying the girls speech and company. "Wise and lovely. Miss Argentine I must be forward I am quite taken with you. I'd love to spend the entire night with you. I'd be more than happy to let you sleep at the palace and talk the night away with you. But alas it is not fit for a gentlemen to invite a lady home after only a first date. Even a king must adhere to these rules of courting. Argentine this evening has been enchanting. Please allow my agents to escort you home safely." 

Do as you will? Sweet. Lilibeth didn't doubt that Catalin was protective of his little sister, and she figured he probably would have added a condition to stay away from his sister, had Lili been male. Not that Lili was a sleazy sort, she just wanted to get to know Corelia a little better.

"Okay. Uhh.. Do you mind if we don't do that Tonight, though? I gotta head out and do some investigating, in a bit." Lilibeth spoke up, standing and stretching as she did so, the relatively muscled woman ready to head out and look into this Lake Laogai, and what her family and the Dai Li had wanted from her.