Lunise let her breath out after the last of Neesa's violet magic had her disappear somewhere else.

Meesei's first comment in the aftermath made Lunise's eyes light up somewhat. Not in any excitement, but in thought. "She is...deceptively easy to read on the surface. I expect she is hiding more plans behind her words." She folded her arms again and frowned at the floor. "But on face value, I would even dare say that was a gesture of respect towards you. The manipulative snake."

"She kept saying things about you that weren't true," Sabine said to Lunise. "Why did you not correct her?"

"Sabine, the answer is simple," Lunise said as a matter of fact. "I prefer that she sees me as a gormless drone of the Dominion than pursue any realistically informed manipulation of me. Hal-Neesa is an incredibly dangerous woman, and not just for her magical power, I could tell the moment I first met her."

Sabine paused. She eventually nodded in agreement. "She knows a lot. She could really advance the knowledge we have in this clan."

"If she is even interested in doing such a thing," Lunise added. "I have not heard word of CHIM since my days living at the university in Alinor. It is quite esoteric. And her true motives for it...I cannot rightly guess them. What do you make of it, Meesei?"