Several weeks ago…
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Aika approached Leon's tent in the middle of the night. Of course, Cedric was asleep by then in his room in the shelter and so wasn't aware of her little late-night excursion.
When Aika got to Leon's tent and was about to call out for him, a voice came from behind her.
"What brings you here at this time of night, Raven of Decay?"
Aika turned around to see Uriel in a brown dress, holding a basket in one hand.
"Oh… hey there, Angel of Light," Aika replied in her usual expressionless voice. When she saw that Uriel had a bandage over one eye, she continued, "I need to find out something, but unfortunately you've got just one eye left, so where's that annoying bearer of yours?"
Uriel bristled and her grip tightened around the handle of her basket. "Don't you think that's a bit rude?"
Aika just stared at her with half-lidded eyes without saying a word, and that seemed to upset Uriel even more.
