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Cheom was up on the roofs again, making herself face her fear of heights... From what she had seen so far, the high roads were very important, very useful, to someone in this business, and she wanted to be able to deal with them as best as she could, as soon as possible.

It was still a terrifying experience, and she hated that she had to do this to herself, but she refused to give in to her fear. She was not going to be a child, bound to the ground by her lack of courage.

She was also practicing using her sense, like Arthur had told her, so that she would not be taken by surprise by anyone. Because of this, she sensed someone up ahead, with a 'familiar' power signature, at least in the sense of being an Order signature. It was a few roofs over, and would require some jumps... She made herself do it, however, even if by the time she got to the stranger, she was sweating and a little shaky.

She looked at the man, for a long moment, her nearly instinctive fear of a man who could be stronger than her almost winning... For a moment. "Ah. Hello...?" She asked, tentatively.

Cheom had been about to introduce herself, when she saw the booze, which unnerved her a little, and then he made a personal comment, which made her flush in irritation and offense.

"I'm not out of shape, I'm afraid of heights! And new to this!" She snapped, embarrassed by his observation. She actually was fairly fit, because she ran regularly, and hard, even before she powered up, and was doing weight training lately. She knew she wasn't out of shape!

She took a deep breath, let it out on a count of three, then said "Look. I'm Cheomsongdae, Page. I'm new, like I said, and trying to learn all this..." She gestured vaguely with her hands. "STUFF... and confused as hell by it, because so far the people I've had to help are a senshi and a Mauvian, who don't know that much about Knights. So if I'm 'out of shape', it's because I don't what the ******** I'm doing."

She sighed. "Anyways, I'm guessing you want to be left alone with your... small friend, so..." She started to back away, thinking she had the worst ******** luck.

She sighed a little at the whistle, and took a slow breath, then moved over to where he was, and settled down, a little hesitantly. "Fair enough, I suppose." She eyed him out of the corner of her eye, thinking about what exactly might come of this.

"Um, a pleasure to meet you, Gevaudan." She was being polite, as ever with someone she wasn't sure about, choosing not to comment on the second half of what he was saying. Nix had been kind to her, and while he was obviously confused about some things that he wasn't experienced with, he had done his best to help her.

"Almost everything about being a Page, I guess? I know how to power up and summon this... useless thing..." She gestured at her weapon, tucked into her belt. "And am learning how to use my ability to sense where other powered up folks are. But... beyond that, I feel useless and confused, like there's a lot I'm missing." Her hand, which did not have a Signet on her fingers, was waving around a touch, to emphasize her confusion.

She pulled her knees up to her chest as she listened, her brows furrowed with serious concentration. "I... What IS a Wonder? Beyond a power source, I mean. No one has explained that. And how the hell do I go to it? You say that like I can somehow just... Poof there." She looked like someone trying to understand but having a hard trouble believing all of this.

"I haven't met... The Code. That sounds like something from my computer, honestly, but I'm going to hazard a guess it's nothing like a computer code, since it apparently can talk."

She paused, sighed, and stared out at the city. "I sound like an idiot, don't I..."

"A place... Huh." She sounded fascinated, and also curious. "So I say what sounds like a silly TV show Oath, and can be taken to my Wonder, which... I guess shares my name with me, based on what you just said?"

She had heard a weird phrase going through her head, recently, but she had been suspicious about it... Things were too weird, ever since the Wand had appeared in front of her, and she was suspicious of things that 'appeared' without warning.

At least this one seemed to be one with an explanation.

"Hmmm. Wonder what mine has turned into, all these years. And... so you're saying I could be... a reincarnation of a Knight of Old, then?" She sounded fascinated by these drips and drops of information that the young, probably at least tipsy, young man was providing her.

Well, she thought he was young, he was certainly not very tall, and seemed slender to her. But he could be ageless for all she knew.

She blinked, startled, at the hand, then shrugged, and stood up, stretching out a little, letting her muscles loosen up, before taking it.

"Alright, then... Show me what this is all about."

She did not even take a moment, possibly foolishly, to think about the fact that she was letting someone who had been drinking whisky, neat, from the bottle teleport her who knows how far away. She just decided to trust him, since he was a knight... And he had a ******** clue. She didn't.

Maybe not her smartest moment, but there it was.

She blinked a little, watching him put his booze away. "Whatever floats your boat, Gevaudan." She, personally, did not see the appeal of booze, but wasn't going to argue with anyone about it, either.

She just waited, her hand resting in his patiently, and her brows raising a touch as he seemed distracted. His comment, though, made her wonder if he was ok. She did not ask, or push, because it was not her business if he did not choose to make it her business.

And that was when the world went, in her mind, strange as it rippled away, and she was trying not to freak out... It was good the trip was so quick, because it kept her from panicking. She stared around, blue eyes HUGE and shocked at the strange place she found herself in.

She took in the details, and found herself thinking that it might have once been a very beautiful town.

"Mmm... It has the bones of beauty, really. I can see how it must have been lovely once. A pity that time has done that to it. But still. This is fascinating."