Kire stifled a soft snort at Ruli’s remark about her lack of tact and getting away with it without the crown. “[i]How? I’d run away fast,[/i]” she replied softly, a slight smirk on her face before she returned her attention to the matter at hand. She nodded at Ruli’s offer of help for the fevers; while the Amrian healers were capable, this supernatural phenomenon might have presented them with more challenges to their skills and knowledge and an experienced helping hand certainly wouldn’t hurt. He may not like the title, but he was through and through High Sorcerer material. Selfless, brilliant, and as loyal as he was stubborn, gods, no wonder she was in lo—[i]Stop it,[/i], Kire thought, shaking her head slightly to keep her mind from wandering back to that sentiment. 

The Amrians listened to the exchange between Ruli and Envy, though Ed still had a slight frown creasing his features, his impatience about discussing Kire’s accidental announcement about her tenure apparent. His face softened, however, when Ysaryn joined them, and he smiled at her as she sat down to eat with them.
“Someone’s in a much better mood,” Kire remarked, addressing Ysaryn though looking sidelong at Edward, who couldn’t go back to his earlier frown fast enough. 

“How would that work? The charm?” Gavin asked. “D’you think that’d work for weird dreams? Would those count as visions?” He had been looking at the Palace now and then as he ate, then behind him at the orchards, in the general direction of the Tower. He felt—weird. Like someone was walking over his grave. 
“I wonder if we could try your Touch again, too,” Kire put in. “It’s a long shot, but if deliberately trying to unlock Solaralai’s visions isn’t working, maybe the strange accidental visions might give us something.”

“Narda,” Daryll asked suddenly, “the forest-town—it’s not too far from the borders of the Wild Meadows, correct?” 
“Mm, correct,” the giantess affirmed. “Why? Is this about that House Glenn lead? Haven’t heard that name in a while, but some of the other nobles might know what happened to them. Best we can infer is they’ve lost their status some time ago, hence the lack of recent knowledge about their family. If you’re going back to the town after you lay down the wards here, we can look into it. And I still owe Envy an Amrian sunset, anyway,” she added with a grin.