13, The Lost Stories - The Bridal Dance
Stopping a few metres short of the Nihon-Jan ruler, Duncan bowed deeply from the waist. A mutter of surprise ran around the assembled Araluens. Most of them had never seen their King bow to any man. Shigeru's eyes twinkled as he bowed in his turn. Being more accustomed to the action, he took his bow even lower than Duncan's. The two rulers stood thus, bent at the waist, eyes down, for several seconds. Then Shigeru spoke.
"I'm not sure about you, Your Majesty, but my back is killing me."
Duncan smothered a short bark of laughter, then answered in a low tone. "Perhaps we should straighten up, Your Excellency. If we leave it too long, we may never manage it."
This one was haarrrdddd. Like, so many stories to choose from... But I settled on two old men bowing ... because, why not? I might end up coming back to this one to do some little sketches for the other stories, who knows. I'm not entirly content with Shigeru's outfit though, but I really didn't know what to do with it...
