[center][h2][b]Ophelia[/b][/h2][/center]

As Ophelia withdrew her now-completed blade and Gerlinde released something Ophelia had never seen before that exploded in dramatic fashion, she took a moment to brush off whatever debris had travelled enough to hit her (if any had) and quickly retrieved the Moonborn's bell, ringing it again in hopes it might dismiss their ally and prevent them from absorbing Arrayah's no-doubt powerful amount of blood echoes... but when it failed to do so, she simply shrugged and put it away before kneeling to beckon the little ones forth once more and retrieving the runebrand.

She posed a couple of questions to them while down there, too, asking them what they knew of both the Deception rune and the completed blade... and after she got her answers she reapplied the "Guidance" rune, and sighed with relaxation and relief at the whispers of her blade once again sounding whole and rich rather than restrained and distant and dull. [i]Does the Deception rune allow you to commune with me just as easily as Guidance? And... given how similar they are, I cannot help but wonder: were they once part of a singular rune, or may they yet be in the future?[/i] she asked.