When Ysaryn left the kitchen, Kire’s expression went serious. “Honestly, I want to go back tonight, even if by myself.” Kire rubbed her nape. “She told me how she remembered the Gemini. One of them was around when she had been taken. They’ve been taking the elves to make dolls.” Her anger flared back then; she would have disappeared then and there to go back to Cordon to hunt them down. [i]Don’t be rash.[/i] “But I’d rather find out what I could first during the day before diving into the thick of it. They’d be more alert during the night, I’d presume. Gods, how did a [i]Gemini[/i] get here? Did they arrive with Ikegai?” That disturbed her; if there were more blood mages to aid her enemy, opening a world gate would be within reach. “This Itallo, he’s the head slaver around Cordon, it seems. And he must have a hand in this Gemini business, if they’re taking elves. Bastards. Looks like I’ll definitely be staying for his wedding.”

She huffed, crossing her arms. “Forgot to ask, see anything worth noting while you were buying tools?” Not that she had expected him to sniff out information on her behalf, but anything that had to do with Itallo right now was of interest to her. “Ysaryn described him as two-faced, so he must be a popular lord around there.”