The princess observed as Ice Storm set to work, beginning to prepare ice cream for everypony. The filly worked so hard... Luna might have felt bad if she didn't already know that Ice enjoyed her job immensely. Although, why shouldn't she, when ice related creations were her specialty? And one that she seemed to love, looking at the décor in her shop.
Luna watched little Duran scamper around the table, as Iron toyed with him. She smiled fondly at his antics, but didn't venture to look up and meet the eyes of the guardpony. Even after the apology, she still felt pangs of guilt, and worried that she might have made things awkward between them with such an odd introduction on her part. She tried to remember that for now, they were not princess and guard, merely Alicorn and Pegasus, just two ponies who had met for the first time today. Yes, nothing out of the ordinary...
“Why don't you surprise me with something, Ice?” she turned to the familiar pony behind the counter as Iron Wing and Duran finished their game. “You know I've loved every treat you've had me try to so far. You seem to be an expert on frozen sweets.” she grinned. Luna may have had an ulterior motive, in that she was trying to buff up Ice's reputation with her friends. Especially since there was at least one pony who didn't even know Ice's business was open, from what Iron Wing had said.
She quietly listened to everypony talking around her. Now that Ice Storm was busily making ice cream, everypony else seemed to be caught up in their own conversations. After all, they were all already friends, and Luna was new to the group. And everypony already knew everything there was to know about a princess, right? Royal, perfect, ruler, stuck up, fierce, nightmare, old, sister... It was frustrating when to feel that everypony felt they already knew everything about her, so there was no need to ask about her family or job or hobbies or anything... normal. Of course, she didn't blame Ice for ignoring her for the moment—they had actually spent a considerable amount of time together, and knew each other well. Plus, she was distracted, and everypony here was just as much Ice Storm's friend as Luna herself was. She couldn't be selfish with the blue Unicorn.
Luna turned as the irritated sound came from the Dragon Colt, who looked quite annoyed at the little Lynx. The princess was quite fond of all creatures, and any sort of mistreatment could have likely brought about her wrath. But he quickly composed himself, for whatever reason, and diverted his eyes to the princess herself.
She stared back curiously, before the gaze became uncomfortable. Instead, her eyes roved over his scaly body—not out of any want, but simply out of pure fascination. The princess had a love of Dragons that not many knew about, likely because she didn't often have the chance to study them up close. They were so much different from ponies, varying in shapes and sizes. Their long lifespan also meant they made for excellent friends for an immortal princess.
She quickly realized how rude she was being by staring and not saying anything. Of course, she wanted nothing more than to examine his wingspan, the shape and size of his scales, the hardness of his skin, the sharpness of his spikes... But Dragons were sentient beings, not experiments or test subjects. “Sorry.” Luna looked sheepish, scuffling her hooves on the ground and looking down at them. Now that she wasn't her full height, Colt stood just above her, and it as a bit intimidating being the size of a normal pony again.
“So... why does a Dragon have a name like 'Colt'?” She couldn't believe how stupid the question sounded once it left her mouth. But it was all she could think of to try to break the silence between them. The way her stared made her uncomfortable, and she couldn't wait for Ice Storm to bring the diversion of ice cream. She wanted to be treated like a normal pony, and normal ponies went out and made friends. So she had better buck up and try to make some interesting conversation.