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At least the senshi didn't give her much time to dwell on her error and engaged her in one of her favorite pass times.

Xyla hummed and laid back down half in his lap as she had been earlier. "I have many riddles. Perhaps the answer to this one might help you going forward. I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?"

She watched the fire dance in the hearth and snowflakes melt when they drifted too close tot he heat. Her long blue and black fur was starting to look like someone had sprinkled salt on it; seemed the snow was beginning to fall again, or perhaps it was simply the wind carrying some recently fallen flakes from the top of the chimney or nearby building. Either way it seemed that this chance encounter might not last as long as she hoped.

Xyla shook her head. "Think it through carefully. List everything you can think of that has cities, mountains and water. Forget the other parts for now." Solving riddles sometimes required eliminating the parts that might be there to simply distract. Then again, the answer to this riddle was meant to be of a physical nature rather digital or something that could be looked up on the internet.

Xyla closed her eyes and shook her head, a simple response to everything he had asked. For it being the holiday season, this time of year brought her no joy.

"I do not live out here, no." The Dark Kingdom would always provide a dry place to stay. "I can find shelter easily but I have no home." Surely there were open rooms in the barracks with spare beds she could rest on, or perhaps a small cat nap in the mauvian headquarters would suffice. Neither was ideal and both were a far cry from laying beside Cybele while the Corrupt used her as a soft pillow and slept soundly in the fog veiled town. But at least she wasn't alone and could engage in conversation even if the young huntress had lost most of her memories.

The Mauvian nodded her head in a wordless thanks for the offer to let her stay with him. "You are kind, Arnica." However, it was difficult to ignore the mild disappointment she felt because he had given up so quickly.

He had asked for a riddle, but rather than think it through he changed the topic as a deflection and only gave one option when she had asked for a list. "Your answer is not wrong, but not quite correct either. It is a specific kind of picture." Xyla rose from his lap again and stretched. She could tell by how cold his fingers were that the weather was getting to him; even with the fire and her body heat, she could sense some shivering.

"Perhaps when we meet next you will have two answers to share with me." One for the riddle and the other to the conundrum that was his failed upgrade. Hopefully, he would find someone within his court that could explain why she had failed.

From her subspace pocket, Xyla pulled out a keychain-sized transformation pen and in the same amount of time it took a Senshi to power up, the mauvian's form shifted from that of a cat to a young woman with long blue hair that reached her lower back. For as large as her feline form was, it may have come as a surprise as to how petite her civilian glamour appeared. Nonetheless, it was going to be a long trek back to the Romano's Teacher Lounge and she wasn't particularly keen on freezing her little paw pads off. At least in this form she had fur-lined boots and a puffy white winter coat to keep her warm. "Until then, Arnica. Stay safe."