“...As well as some other unexpected things.” He watched Ivorybeak emerge at last from the castle interior with his small entourage: two guards and one robed clerk Handy had not seen before. He narrowed his eyes as he spotted the hooded scribe who, for his part, didn’t look up at the tall human as the group passed them by. Ivorybeak waved at them. Handy merely gave him a nod but kept his eye on the hooded scribe.