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There was a complicated expression on Éliane’s face as she listened to the red-haired mystral explain himself. Although she continued to remain somewhat skeptical, there was no denying how concerning the information was. She stood there awkwardly staring at Zeke Malina for a few seconds longer than normal before she tore her gaze away from him, prompted by the raid captain and Esben’s words.

“Yeah, no, I want to have a ship at the end of the day,” she nodded, agreeing with Esben. Leaving the still suspicious Malina to his own machinations with their only easy means of egress or ingress was just a plain bad idea; she didn’t need to be told to keep an eye on Zeke while Esben did… spy things. She gave him her best glare.

It was fairly impressive fibbing, she had to admit. Far beyond anything she was capable of in this regard, but it wasn’t a surprise when she left SEED in rapid order with her poor fit.

Still, it was impressive.

Although her mind was in overdrive, Éliane found herself agreeing with Esben again against the raid captain. “I agree with Esben,” she cut in sharply. “It’s worse than we thought; need to update the others in person…”

Wincing towards the city walls, she inclined her head towards Rudolf. “I’m… not opposed to seeing if we can manage a flyby close enough to scout over the walls without being detected.”