Cornetified
Of course she couldn't take him to Chiume. That would be difficult to do when a spirit couldn't leave it's own land, much less travel the sea. Even without irises it was easy enough to tell in Imri's posture what he thought of her story. "So are the sisters you traveled here with wandering the wilds too? Or would they actually be in Zinris?"
Not that he would dare take this thing into the heart of their home. Imri would much rather run into a few patrolling Elarian who could help him decided on a fitting punishment. There were enough bits to this lie that made him wonder if it weren't the truth and that hesitation just put him on edge. What if this was a Vandrea? Or, what if this was a creature in Vandrea skin? He hadn't been alive long enough to tell.