Lunise was perhaps less taken aback by everyone freezing to a stop around her than might have been expected. She glanced around briefly and nodded upwards. "So that is the trick. I had been wondering."

Still, Nytala's questions were not ones she could avoid if she wanted to. Lunise looked at Meesei's still face and let herself smile. "Who is she? Meesei is..." She sighed. "Meesei is, at first glance, one of those charismatic leaders who casts an illusion of perfection and higher destiny. However, just as I must cast my illusions in my public life, there are more relatable truths behind them." Lunise looked back to Nytala. "I was perhaps quite vulnerable when I first came to personally know her. It was shortly after learning the truth about the Thalmor's grand plan. After investing nearly all my life into the Dominion, I was suddenly so isolated. But then Meesei approached me, so...openly and selflessly. She was perhaps one of the few people who could relate to my burden. And she was there just to be a friend."

She readjusted herself, straightening as she continued. "With thanks to her patience, Meesei and I shared ourselves with each other. We each spoke some of the best and worst memories we had ever experienced." Lunise let out a breathy laugh. A grin persisted on her face. "She's was prideful as I was- [i]is[/i] as prideful as I still am. I tried to be her rival, and she answered the challenge with gusto. I made such a bluster at the time but I admit now she seemed so admirably implacable."

Lunise closed her mouth and looked down. "I think that's it. The strength with the compassion. Hard as steel, soft as feathers. And yet, I think the greatest feeling I have with her is that neither of us are holding the weight of Nirn on our shoulders while with the other. We share our burdens now." She smiled widely. "By all rights, I should be a compromised agent who has been used and manipulated. But I was lucky. So, so lucky to have her."

The tone of Lunise's voice shifted to amusement. "Although, I fear your sight of the future may have left you out of the present. Neither of us shall possibly be described as 'settled down' until the matter with Clavicus Vile is finished."