Editing AmberShadowOfADoubt:Session9 (section)

===Meeting With King Eric===

Later in the morning, somewhat blearily, Janica goes to talk to her father King Eric.  She finds he is strangely hostile, and only belatedly realizes that he imagines that Manfred has tarnished her virtue.  The thought of Manfred doing any such was just so alien to her that she laughs, and then tries to reassure Eric that Manfred is totally uninterested in tarnishing the virtue of any women.  She then brings Manfred in to meet him, telling him to swish a little extra, and he pinches the bottom of a guard as he walks in.  

King Eric is suspicious of Manfred, but eventually accepts him.  Janica and Hector then talk with Eric for a while, selling him with difficulty on the idea of rescuing Oberon with the condition of limiting his power as king -- creating a constitutional monarchy.  Eric has many arguments to the contrary, saying among other objections that it would be difficult for the rest of family to unify to enforce such limits.  However, he agrees to try in the end.  

The larger question is also what to do about Chaos.  Manfred expresses his concern that Chaos will be beaten off temporarily only to further worsen relations, and a new force in Chaos could repeat this a few years down the line.  He describes that "regime change" is needed, and that Amber needs to move to normalize relations again with Chaos.  They consider assaults on Chaos, and someone (?) suggests that Manfred could try to be installed as the new emperor.  Manfred is intrigued, but they drop it for the moment.