Nickolaus dropped his neutral expression for a split second, transforming it to a scowl before immediately returning to neutral. What could she know? Why was a loose end of the fammily floating free? Didn't matter, he would simply side step the question as he had been taught.

"I was following you as Joshua suggested we remain together. Though.I also wonder... how did you pass so stealthily from the group? It was as if no one could see you leave, not even Joshua, who taught you that?" Nickolaus neatly avoided her question, but began to feel ever so slightly uneasy, he wasn't ready for such a strange development... and something about tge girl was off, though he couldn't quite say what...