Whether or not it was Sabine who made Vinaremo too aggressive to duel effectively, or whether he simply underestimated Meesei, Sabine saw from the start to the end that Vinaremo was little match for Meesei. It didn't prevent a sigh of relief from escaping Sabine's lips when Meesei did win, however. The sigh was sucked back into Sabine's lungs just as quickly when Hal-Neesa made herself apparent. From then, the stakes were not so high that Meesei was going to be enslaved or experimented on, but this Hal-Neesa woman had her own kind of threat surrounding her.

Exploring to try and find Kaleeth, Janius wandered the halls and bumped shoulders with a rushing Vinaremo. His demeanour seemed completely different from earlier, but Janius only gave a confused look before proceeding. Something interesting was happening up ahead. In the next room, evidently some kind of multifaceted training room to Janius' eyes, the way people were placed suggested some tension in the air. Were they going to fight their way out after all? All the attention was centred around Meesei and Hal-Neesa as they stood opposite each other in the room. Looking around, Janius found Kaleeth and Sabine, and walked up to them.

"What's going on here?" Janius asked them both in a part-whisper.

Sabine answered without taking her eyes off the duelists, "Meesei and the leader, Hal-Neesa, are going to try and break each others' magical wards. I don't think it is a duel to the death, but..." Sabine trailed off, wishing she knew for sure what Hal-Neesa's motives were.

Janius pursed his lips with concern, but only looked on for now. They were probably just testing each other, but this could still end badly. Janius reached for Kaleeth's hand and stepped close to her. "Stay vigilant," Janius breathed.