☀️ Arselia and Akonia

The Knight raised her hand very high above her head, almost at an imperial level, inquiring about his highness. Receiving a negative answer, she lowered her hand slightly, to her fingertip. Then she continued to look at Klin, pondering something. It took perhaps a second, but for her, it was quite a while. Klin's face seemed sincere to her now, a simple face of a villager, but it was also true that if he agreed to the bait in the question about Naera, the secretary would most likely be taken to the forge and locked up, possibly with further unpleasant consequences, because they would strongly suspect connections with the Mindjin. As revenge for Krider. A very plausible motive. But if the Suzerain had returned... Oh, the Suzerain was a woman with her own agenda; she might hide for a while, acting through former servants. But it was still too early to celebrate her return.

-- Is the Priestess in place?