[ He's nice but, the death knell for any hopeful boy in this day and age.

Or usually would be, but Asseylum seems more open-minded about this whole thing. And while it's usually not in Frederick's nature to pry into others' love lives, he can't help but be fond of this girl he's only just met on the beach, enough that he wants to do what he can to preserve her happiness. ]

I suppose it wouldn't have been a possibility, if he were not of equal rank with you.

[ Princesses don't marry paupers after all, not without causing a large amount of dissent. He doesn't seem to be a firm stickler to this rule though, if the kind look on his face is any indication. ]

But I hear things are different here, especially as we are now but refugees and not lords and ladies of our lands.

[ Which is to say, go for it Asseylum, if that's where the heart leads. ]