The party was going well, by Katerina's estimation.
She had made new friends, got a gift from Advisor Morgana that she couldn't immediately identify, and all the adults were being very nice to her after the incident with the snacks, which she now understood was actually an attempt to harm the King.
There were Royal Guards and mages everywhere, and the attacker hadn't even been a mage, so she hadn't understood at first. But then, she realized that might have been the point.
Get close because people didn't know that you were dangerous, like Amie did.
Of course, this guy wasn't actually good at it, and he was as harmless as he looked. But it was a solid enough plan.
If you were an idiot.
That's what Katerina assumed the issue was. Not a lack of planning, or a lack of available tools. Clearly, the attacker had prepared. The problem was just that he was dumb.
