

Symonne still weaved a light illusion on Nica's request, to make it seem to passersby as if her eyes were not bound to prevent undue attention. What followed were dull minutes of nothing but sounds. Nica's question distracted her a little, which was why she focussed on it the other two Normin pulsed something akin to worry as well, which told her enough about how noticeable that shudder of hers was. She missed the rest of what was said outside until she heard her name: "Are you alright in there, Symonne?" "The gentle shepherd returned to town just earlier today and introduced a new Lord of the Land, so- " Eight headed is the lord of the land- Symonne shuddered and pushed the thought away she really should not have challenged Laphi to read that book out loud. Her bit of conversation drew a chuckle from Nica Symonne already knew why, not that she could chime in right now. "There is a domain around Ladylake now, isn't it?" "The air feels different," Velvet commented while rustling around doing something. Her senses numbed somewhat, direction being relegated to only vision and hearing then only hearing, as the elder's eyes were covered by a blindfold.

Taking a last breath of the much cleaner air, she dematerialised and settled within Nica. She figured she might as well adhere to them, but did not miss their idiosyncrasy. She idly wondered where Velvet stayed to come and go like this, but her thoughts were more focussed on making sense of the weird precautions taken with them. Symonne had waited a day before agreeing, if just to appear hesitant.
