[Handshakes are something he has no problem with. It's practically a life-skill for kings. He accepts the hand in a shake, the strength and duration that perfect mix of firm but not crushing, brief but not insultingly quick.

A lot of practice with those.]

It is a pleasure. [He is sincere on that, too.] I'm Richard. You said that your world had no magic? I keep hearing others say as much, but it still sounds so strange to my ears . . .