Katie paid attention to the speech given by the man meant to be her uncle Thorrin, her eyes numerous times taking note of how built his body was. It only stood to reason that he was indeed the famous Perfect Warrior.
Thorrin spoke of times before the prince of Lycaon had been born. He made jokes about different encounters he'd had with the king, some embarrassing while others touching. Ultimately, Katie was able to paint the deceased king's image as that of an honourable man worthy of all the respect given to him by the two empires. The king did his best to cater for every part of his empire, no matter how far it was from him.
At some point, Thorrin pointed out that the capital seemed like the furthest thing from the king's mind when he was dealing with matters concerning the empire. Thorrin's speech was long, but it covered most of what they wanted to hear on the occasion.