As they spoke, Hal-Neesa walked around the room, sorting through all of the items she found and levitating those she did not want into a pile on one of the tables. She used her hands or magic interchangeably, and with apparently equal effort. "It is no palace [i]right now[/i]. At their height Dwemer cities were the envy of nearly every other place on Nirn. They had more of a taste for stone than suits my taste, true, but their power, their technology, granted the Dwemer a standard of living unmatched by any civilization of their day. They held greater power over the the Earth Bones than any people before them, or any that have lived since. Had they mastered tonal manipulation to enough of an extent to bring it to bear in combat, they would have dominated all of Nirn, without question. Massive underground cities, automatons to serve their whims, they were a people far ahead of their time."

Suddenly, Neesa stopped in her thoughts for a few seconds, setting down the last of the items she was levitating and settling her gaze onto Meesei. "And on that topic, I know I saw non-hostile automatons on the way here. Have you...no, why would I even ask? You have not unlocked the secret to their creation; that would require at least some mastery of tonal manipulation, and you [i]certainly[/i] have not approached that level of knowledge. Far more likely is that you managed to find some of their control rods, though that would require some luck to find the automatons they are bound to. Perhaps...you reactivated an animonculory, then? That would not be beyond your capabilities, if it were not damaged. Of course, with your level of knowledge, that would mean..."

Neesa's voice trailed off for a moment, though she spoke again before anyone else could get in a word. "I demand you take me to one of the machines." 

Neesa's demanding tone was, as ever, far from endearing. Meesei gave a wary glance to Sabine and Lunise, unsure if there would be some danger in giving her what she asked for. Of course, if she was going to stay in the city, then it would be quite impossible to keep her away from the automatons. With that in mind, there was no point in denying her. "Very well, it should not be difficult to find one on patrol. Just follow us." She replied, motioning for the others to follow her out the door.