ASoI - Goblets and glass

Goblets and glass
'Beautiful drinking vessels at dinner tonight. Meaningful in some way?'

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'Carved crystal, in fact'
The Interpreter explained that those in favour would sometimes be given their airag in these amethyst goblets because they were thought to infuse it with special properties. The Princess snorted.

Later, the Princess took me aside. 'It's not the cups,' she said. 'But people prefer to believe in superstition to explain things they don't understand!'

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