Ariel looked ahead again. "I have an idea of what might be involved, but I don't know the specifics. I don't know exactly how the Hist operate." Ariel replied, noting Lorag's observations. "Whatever happens, I hope that it helps. Even with forgiveness from her, even after explaining everything and making contact with her and all... I still see a fear in her eyes that I know was my fault. I'm not sure if I can properly forgive myself while I still see it." Ariel looked down. While Sabine was of course very important to her, there wasn't much she knew to do except see if this ritual would make any difference. Her mind wandering in the silence for a moment brought up a tangential subject that she thought would be better to talk about then. She smiled and chuckled lightly, "So, are you going to be entering any beauty competitions tomorrow, Lorag?"

"Ah, how hard could it be to teach yourself that?" Fendros replied, looking at her for a few moments longer before closing his eyes as well. "Well, any way it goes, it sounds like it'll be fun. Did you want to start with a sketch book like we talked about, or jump straight into some canvasses?" Fendros felt glad that Ahnasha had the extra time to try out something that she always wanted to do. He doubted she would make masterpieces from the start, but everyone starts somewhere. As long as she had the patience for it, Fendros thought that she would enjoy it.

Janius lowered his book and looked up to the corner of the room with a creased brow. Comparing the cities in his mind was something which took a bit of thought. After twisting his lips in thought for a few seconds, he replied. "Well, there's a couple of big things I suppose. The first being how different the architecture is. The thing about the Imperial city is while it has Imperial buildings in its walls, it's structure is ancient. It's not really like anything, except old ruins. Here, it's also unique, but different. Another thing I've noticed is that in all the places I've been here in Thorn, I've felt very safe. No shady areas like the Imperial city, like the docks or the alleys." Janius shrugged, "Maybe that's because I haven't been to the shady parts of Thorn in the first place. Let's see, apart from that..." Janius nodded, "Well, there's of course the weather, the flowers, the big tree in the middle. So far, I apart from the weather, I prefer it to the Imperial city." His mouth curled into a grin, "And it's certainly many times more pleasant than Bravil."