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“We’re all His servants, but you’re a Messenger, from Adonai,” Liorah stammered.  Misu nodded, smiling warmly.  “I never saw one before. I heard but–” she gripped her tassels, eyes shining.  “I mean– I’m not a Seer or a Prophetess, so I suppose it’s only natural.” She laughed nervously.  Misu smiled uncomfortably.  The poor girl was clearly terrified, and who could blame her?  Just try to act normal.  That was all he could do.

“You’re here because you heard us in trouble, but are you here to get us out of here?”  The sudden question startled him out of his thoughts. Misu looked at the boy sympathetically (*Just wondering, did Ferran ever introduce himself?*).

“No, not especially.  I came to this room because I heard you in trouble, but I’m not entirely sure how I ended up… here.”  He sighed and gestured back at the door.  “There’s no doubt that I entered through a Rift – there’s no shortage of those where I came from.  But it’s likely closed by now.  Those smaller ones heal in no time.”  Misu paused, eyes downcast.

“I will help you to the best of my ability, but I’m afraid there’s not much I can do to help you escape.  I can only enter an existing Rift: I don’t have the ability to open one on my own.”  He looked up with a warm smile.  “It would seem we have someone on our side, at least.  Someone had to have opened the Rift I entered through, and there’s a chance they could still be in this castle, which is good news for us.  Unless…” Misu’s smile faltered

“Unless…That Rift could have been opened by the Shrike.” he murmured softly.  “That’s actually the most likely answer.  He likely passed through here while trying to escape.”  He bit his lip, glancing up at the two sharply.

“You haven’t happened to see or hear anything odd, have you?  This is an uncanny place, to be sure, but it seems fairly…stable, if you know what I mean.  You would know if a Rift had been opened.”  He rubbed his brow and sighed.  What a mess.

“There’s nothing we can do about it now.  He’s likely long gone by now – and I don’t know whether to be relieved or disappointed.  There’s a possibility that we could escape through one of the Rifts he opened, but I wouldn’t risk it.  Any that he left behind were opened hastily and dangerously, and there’s no telling where they lead.”

@rose-colored-fancy you might want to go check out the villain castle 😉