"Stay back! Don't move, I'll finish it!"

"I vill shake my head! Splitting vill be quicker, aye, but ve cannot take the risk. The deeper ve go, the stronger the beasts are here. And I am not going to return to the Scions and explain you died because I allowed a teenager to run around the Palace of the Dead alone!"

Why was she so shy? Ah… all that attention made her s h y.

"Yes. For us, at least. Truly, I do not envy the Varriors of Light vith how often chaos seems to unfold around them..."

"Tis fine!" Lalanna was a little miffed at having to wait around for an extra half hour, but it didn't matter now that Selena was here. "Did you have trouble along the vay, or...?"

"... And?" Lalanna paused. "... Selena. Vhat else did you eat today? Surely you ate more than that!"

"Perhaps ve should set something aside for her?" she suggested, lowering her voice so that it could be a surprise. "...Maybe not the alcohol she likes. But perhaps a private reservation at one of those nice bath houses? I hear they are plenty in the residential districts..."