Meanwhile, Crowglass stood at the balcony railing, watching her guests gradually fill the dance floor.
As a Grandmaster Alchemist, she spent an unreasonable amount of time arranging these evenings.
Most of her peers remained secluded in their laboratories, emerging only when their research demanded something the outside world could provide.
No one would have questioned her if she did the same… Unfinished experiments always waited for her, and a Grandmaster's time was too precious to waste like this... especially when only twelve existed across the Chained Universe and its neighboring realms.
Yet, every year, she opened her doors.
She chose the musicians, approved the dinner, and made certain the tables could be moved aside when the time came.
Her attendants could have handled all of it... but she liked doing it herself.
Long ago, she had attended a gathering much like this one.
