Craïs had to supress a sigh of frustration at Yaozu's words. She got the fact he was only kidding, that wasn't hard to discern. But mostly his jokes so far had been to play at the rest of the adults' incompetence. Whether he really thought of them that way or the fact it could stem from a repressed inferiority complex or something else entirely, she did not know. She just knew it got old really fast. Taking another, much smaller sip from her mug this time, she took the time to answer Yaozu's question: [b]"I wouldn't return here for the night. I'd remain by her side 'till you all turned in for the night. I am a bit of a night owl and I have some research to catch up to. I don't see our mission as an excuse to put a stop to my projects. Well, the ones I managed to bring along anyway. People at Arcanium are expecting results."[/b]

[i]"My own projects too need seeing to..."[/i] went unsaid by her. She was [i]this[/i] close to figuring out how the bow artefact she had acquired three months ago on her latest mission worked. So far, the bow seemed like a very useful long-range piece of artillery, something she sorely lacked. She held no illusions about this mission not involving any battles... which is why she was so concerned about Aura's presence. But then again, she had been apprenticed by Lord Arkaos himself, so maybe she shouldn't set her opinion of the younger mage in stone before she got to see her abilities firsthand.