Lunise's angled eyes narrowed and she half-pouted in confusion as Meesei explained. "You ask as if it would surprise me? Meesei, I would be outright sceptical." Her tired eyes blinked a few times. "You are full of surprises, particularly magical talent, but such magic has been lost to history. Short of reading an elder scroll, walking Apocrypha, or...some kind of divine intervention, learning such a thing is impossible. I could not believe it without witnessing it."

Lunise looked away with her upper lip raised. "Besides, even if you did..." She paused. Her eyes blinked to look into Meesei's for a few seconds.

The discomfort overtook her. After all this time, Lunise finally slid her arms back from around Meesei's shoulders and took a step back. She avoided Meesei's eye contact. "No, cast that action from your mind." She turned and packed up the documents while she spoke. "Disappearing away to Alinor, or anywhere else right now, would be unwise. There is business yet to be done here."