Before she’d spoken with her father, the prospect of facing any of them had been too much. But now...maybe she could handle it after all, spending time with her friends. She should’ve been more considerate towards how Gwen was feeling about this, anyway. Giving her father a quick hug, she armed herself and set out. To see Gwen and Padrig and Badri, at least, if not Damien. Damien, who was probably with Auris. With a goblin loose in the city, it made sense that he’d be assigned to protecting her. Kiths, Auris was planning a water watch soon, wasn’t she? To appease the gods, and appeal for their protection? Saig wasn’t going to see Damien anytime soon, whether she wanted to or not. She shifted the positioning of her spear—it wasn’t the most comfortable weapon to carry around, especially

