Ahnasha gladly accepted the kiss, leaning in closer to him and putting an arm around him. When they finally pulled away, she looked around the garden once more. There were no obvious markings, but she could see his guess as being true. There was no shrine or statue as city dwellers were often so fond of building, so it would be an informal memorial, she could think of no other reason to have something so out of place in the middle of the city. 

"I think you might be right. I don't think it would be for the war; I do not believe the invasion extended into Vvardenfell, but for eruption itself...there is no way this city could have survived. Since the walls are still standing, the blast must not have gone in this direction, but the ashfall would have killed or driven away everyone. The tower would have withered and died. This place would have been a ghost town for years, but...it has been reborn. I suppose it makes sense that it would be a garden. From death comes new life; I can see the symbolism. It's almost poetic." Ahnasha observed. She wasn't looking to see if anyone else was around, as frankly, she did not care. Anyone who would so readily cast judgement on them was not someone she particularly needed to care about. 

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Meesei had lost track of how long she had been studying the skeleton. Lorag and Janius were still gone, and Sabine and Ariel looked at a glance to be nearly finished. She felt she had gained considerable understanding of the structure of the magicka binding the thrall, but there was still a lot she was uncertain about. Even while statically bound to an object, or undead construct, it was always moving and changing. Meesei could only get an idea of its structure by paying attention to its patterns, so her observations were not perfectly precise. She needed to be able to test her ideas, but since she had only one skeleton to work with, she needed to do it in a way that would not destroy it. She stood up and commanded the thrall to do the same. She could not afford to use her only filled soul gem for a test enchantment, as there was no guarantee they would be able to get any more, so she would need to try and replicate the effect with a spell. If she was right, she would be able to weaken the thrall without destroying it, then simply make enchantments that were more powerful versions of the spell. Meesei charged the conjuration magic through herself, then released it into the thrall before her. Unfortunately, the skeleton simply stood still, showing absolutely no reaction. Her mental link with the construct also revealed no sort of damage. 

Obviously, she would need to examine the thrall more before she could produce any results, but since she was already standing, she decided to walk over to Ariel and Sabine to check their progress. "How is everything here? Do you need anything else, or are you nearly finished?"