While La'khay spoke, Sabine's face was reddened by what she saw, and smelled, and reflection on what she heard. Her suspicions had been as present as Peiter's, but it was still embarrassing to impose on her friends like this.

"Um, I think we should apologise instead. We should not have interrupted you both." Sabine almost stumbled over her words, but a quick pause prevented that as she considered her speech as usual. "We just came to see the painting. We did not want to miss out seeing it before the march began."