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Ky's fingers dig into his lap, his gloves hiding his whitening knuckles. "If that is so, then this will erupt into more than just occasional skirmishes with the Paladin's Rod. It will become an all out civil war. I make no claim to understand the reasoning of the divine ones my Lord, but the notion that Lord Gabriel would lower himself to this makes little sense. Why would he risk this while the Beast is ravaging our home?"

Ky nearly stands to render a salute, but halts halfway up and sits back down. "Understood my Lord. You need not worry while she is under my care. Although I doubt Commander Asmyrra will be particularly pleased with your decision."

Ky pauses for a second then decides to bring up another concern of his. "By the by, while I was in the city I came across three women. One was a pale woman in a cloak, she feinted soon after I approached her. The second is a traveler who says she wishes to assist us in our efforts against the beast. The third, an archer who says she comes from a military background, but became disillusioned and opted to seek us out. When I had heard of Commander Asmyrra's injury, I thought it best to keep an eye on all three, so I brought them back here with me. The pale woman is currently undergoing care in the secondary medic tent, the other two are under constant watch by my First Sergeant and his men."

Ky nods, "I had, though I had thought it due to your intervention my Lord. If I am understanding what you are saying; the combined power of two or more angels would be the key to ridding ourselves of this scourge?"

Ky's eyes show a gleam of hope, "This could mean an end to our struggle! When the angel who assisted you tells them of what transpired, surely they will understand the need to band together."

Ky ponders a moment then looks back to Johannes, "It is a coincidence at best, but two of those three women are elven in nature. The traveler full blood, and the archer appears to be half. Perhaps this will grant me an opportunity to look into their individual motives."

He stands, ready to rally up his team before the commander awakes. "So that makes Commander Asmyrra, the two elven women, and myself. I have an idea of a few others I'd like to bring with us. Do you have any suggestions my Lord?"

Ky bows, "By your leave, my Lord. Consider it done." He respectfully backs out of the tent and sets out to find the two young elven maidens he had found earlier. Of the two of them, he questioned the archer more so. Her overly familiar demeanor raised flags with him from the onset. However he would not allow himself to wrongfully accuse someone.

He find one of the soldiers from his squad and hails him, "Nickael, have you seen the two elven women we found earlier?"

Nikael nods and points with his hand a tent adjacent from them, "They are both on the other side of that tent sir, conversing with each other."

Ky waves in appreciation to his soldier and rounds the tent in question. He approaches the two of them with a smile, "Good evening ladies. I do hope you are not uncomfortable in our humble encampment. Oh, I am terribly sorry, did I interrupt your conversation? How very rude of me."

At the sound of the stone breaking, Nae Nae lets out a squeak and she hops back a step, her hand instinctively gripping her brother's arm. Her eyes widen at the sight of the small fissure now adorning the counter.

"We killed it.." She murmurs, shocked. Completely forgetting about the package for a moment, she slowly released Heron's arm and leans in close to examine the crack. "Wow..." She whispers in awe. The two of you were never allowed to destroy property before, and she was utterly fascinated with the experience. Then abruptly the thought hits her. We destroyed her counter!!

"Oh no!" She gasps, straightening up with a snap. Her eyes flutter to Aerith. "Will she be very upset?"

I am a leaf on the wind...

As soon as Heron announced the theories behind his upcoming attempt, Aerith had an idea something like this would happen. When the crack sounds, she doesn't flinch. It takes a little effort to hide the amusement that rises as she watches the reaction spread between the two younglings. However, it was more of an empathetic mirth than anything else. She remembered the many mistakes she had made in the beginning, some of them pretty big. She was therefore, unconcerned.

"Not quite dead," she tells Heron calmly. She didn't want to be too reassuring. This exprience would remind him to be more careful in the future. "You will simply have to find a way to repair the damage later." Picking up the package, she examines the slightly scrunched exterior. "Hmm.." she murmurs thoughtfully, trying to remember what was in this particular parcel. "I guess we'll find out soon enough if the contents are still okay."

Replacing the object to it's original position, Aerith turns to them. "The magics locking the object into place do not rely upon its surroundings in any fashion," she explains concisely. "Although the theory that the package itself is not smaller is sound, the spell that you used affected the space around the package, not the space the package exists in. This is not like a spell that places an object in a spacial distortion, and methods related to that line of thinking will most likely fail."

Stepping aside, Aerith glances to Nay Nay. "Your turn."

As the spell goes off, information floods Naelonni's mind about the spell she is examining. (( PMed ))

Aerith turns to Heron. "Unfortunately there is nothing for me to comment on from her turn. But she did use a spell, so now you get another try." Her eyes flicker to Naelonni. "She will have to wait a turn before being able to use the information she now carries."