Chartose was transfixed with the temptation to reach out and pet the Gryphon-mark, but was too slow to act before Rilana pulled her shirt up to ward-off the chilly air and bundled herself back together, looking up from time to time for an answer -or even a question.

Eventually, he found his words: [color=6ecff6]"Kona did not look too happy to see me... does he have any say on when to be released?"[/color] He then looked at his copper effigy of Becker and sighed.

[color=6ecff6]"In any case, it still won't solve how to deal with the knights on the matter. How do you plan on keeping [i]them[/i] from noticing?"[/color]