"Hmm," Lusso replied to Marianne, starting deeply in the sinister girl's eye which was not covered by hair. The pale-haired girl kept on this staring contest until the cawing of her raven, beaking at a portrait which had been covered in the spilled beans, broke whatever spell bewitched her.

It was only then that Lusso noticed the whole ordeal through which they were going. Marianne's preternatural calm was very distracting, however, sooner or later, anyone ought to notice that their feet were planted in a nigh literal pool whose water suddenly began to drain away into a howling, dark passage. Almost like an excerpt of a book given flesh and made real. Or as real as this whole setup could be, at least.

"We should leave as well," Lusso said as she approached Shawn, touching his shoulder as her bird landed on her shoulder, casting an ominous gaze over the boy, "We apologize for your food. The imprisonment must have made us hungrier than we thought," the pale-haired girl added, smiling at Shawn.

Lusso seemed to be sincere and, up to a certain point, even shy, despite her definitely sinister idiosyncrasies.
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