"The two of you, working together, should be able to discourage almost anything." "It is nice to be with Seqiro," she said. Darius realized that Nona, despite her powers, was basically an innocent woman, lacking some of the hard edges Colene had. She hardly seemed the type to change a world. Perhaps it was just as well that she had fallen in with their party, because things were bound to get un-innocent soon enough. "Yes, it is nice," he agreed. Colene and Proves returned with water. "But I could have conjured that," Nona protested. "You"re supposed to be resting," Colene reminded her. "I"m going to forage something to cook." "But I can transform-" Nona started. Then Darius" warning thought registered: it was a thing Colene needed to do. So she compromised by transforming a hair into a

