It may have been ten or fifteen minutes since they'd sat down to admire the palace, but it felt like no time at all. There was so much to look at, and the sheer intricacy of the building and even the gardens before it was facinating, absorptive, even hypnotic. Rian could not imagine how posh such a building would be on the inside.<br/><br/>Soon after they'd sat down, or so it felt, an extremely...<span style="font-style: italic">dramatic</span>carriage came by, letting three passengers out at the palace gates.<br/><br/>Rian looked incredulously at the scene then turned to his friend. "You are psychic," he accused.<br/><br/>"No," Halieu said simply, though this time it hadn't been just a guess. All along the path to the castle, people's minds had been commenting on the approaching carriage. In short, he'd been expecting it.<br/><br/>One of the passengers of this carriage gradually made his way over to them. He had a hood hiding his eyes and his progress was rather slow, seemingly guided by his staff. He even bumped into their bench before stopping. You would have to be an idiot not to realize the boy was blind. The moment the boy started approaching them Halieu's attention was drawn to him, and he automatically focussed on his mind. Soon though, he got the strangest sensation of being shoved backward, and he could no longer access the boy's mind. Now his attention had really been caught.<br/><br/>The boy asked if they could give him directions and Rian readily responded. "Well they have plenty of meat in this place," he said, not wanting to sound rude, but there was a clear bitterness in his tone, "but of course they don't have<span style="font-style: italic">any</span>fish."<br/><br/>Halieu glanced at his friend and then looked back to the boy. "I apologize for my friend," he said. "He's still bitter that we couldn't find a place that served fish. We found a tavern though that has decent enough food. There's really no reason for us to stay here; we've watched the castle long enough. We'll gladly show you the way." Halieu stood up, and Rian took that as his que to also stand. When upright, they were both a fair bit taller than the boy, but that was only to be expected.<br/><br/>"It's this way," Halieu said, starting off down the street. Rian fell into line beside him, but for once wasn't in the mood to talk. Perhaps he was still bitter about this "great city's" lack of fish.