A happy smile spread across Sabine's face once Ahnasha gave the all-clear. She was halfway through swinging her arms roll the effort out of her muscles before she spotted Hal-Neesa in her peripheral vision. Everything slowed to a halt.

What she said was a relief. Sabine had expected some new extra detail she had not considered to be tasked to the rest of her day. The thought that the effort might finally be over gave her a new buzz of cautious energy.

"It-? Uh, right." She turned to the construction team. "The archway will hold itself up now! Carefully take apart the scaffolding and we will be complete until we are ready to open the portal. Thank you, everyone."

She was tempted to give further instructions but Neesa's patience had been trained into her mind. She turned back to Hal-Neesa. "Meesei is outside today, I do not know where. But I can find out where everyone else is. I will go tell them at once."

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Lunise sat up and listened on with interest, though the only betrayal of any nervousness was how she held onto Meesei's hand. However, what was finally said caused her small smile to fade and her grip to loosen.

"Artaeum?" She echoed carefully. "Meesei, you have done quite enough impossible things without needing to say something so fanciful. Why are you saying it so seriously?"