#ellara

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'She's really good at this, isn't she?' Maria said, impressed, looking at Aurinae fool the guard. 'Taxes?'

Ellara gave her a tight-lipped smile. Maria wondered, for the tenth time, why this New God had not looked her in the eye yet.

'So, uh,' she tried. 'What do you do when, you're… not doing rebel stuff?'

Ellara shrugged, taking a not-so-subtle step back.

'Okaay,' Maria sighed.

'I like keeping an eye on my temples,' Ellara said suddenly, voice far too sharp for this "casual" conversation.

Maria raised an eyebrow, a prompt for her to elaborate.

'Specifically the one near your village,' Ellara clarified.

Maria grinned. 'I have good memories there. It's where me, Mal and Nia became a team. And-'

Realization flashed on her face. She looked at the New God in horror.