Continued from here with @regalis-solveig
Joseph had peered through some of the windows, and he had seen similar things like he had seen with the guards. Tense maids had worked, their eyes wandering about, like there was something wrong. Hushed voices behind windows and shutters, inaudible to even Joseph’s good hearing. He’d had to continue on, but he noted the tense glances, the looks of worry from what he saw.
And when Kida opened the window, and he saw how worried she was about someone coming in, he walked quietly in, and latched the window closed again.
He paused, put his finger to his mouth, his good eye serious.
On silent feet, he went to the door, and put his ear and good hand on the ground. No vibrations or footsteps, good.
“I was searching for your friend.” He said quietly as he drew back and then looked around her room, then turned to her, his eyes fixed to hers.
“I found him, I don’t know if he’s arrived yet or not. There was little I could do in forcing him.” He said to her. He felt he had managed to convince him, though fighting him had been an option. But even then Joseph knew that the odds had been against him there. But he would have done it, he had faced similar odds before.
“He’ll arrive when he feels he’s good and ready. But enough about that.” He said as he gently put his hands on her shoulder. “What is going on? Something feels off about this place. Something bad.”
He couldn’t put it into words, but it was a feeling he had felt many times before. In places where the people were unhappy, and under a new ruler that was ruling with an iron fist.
It was a heavy atmosphere that felt like it was fraught with tension and danger.
