Mesaraih eyed everyone around the room as Ester gave her explanation, his dagger still balanced on the fingertip of his middle finger. He suppressed a smile when Tal sized himself up, glancing at the slight wiggle of his blade as it rested on his finger.<span style="font-style: italic"> I suppose everyone has their way of intimidating others,</span>he thought.<br/><br/>Valehna kept one arm crossed as she rested her other on the crook of it and put a fist underneath her chin. Ester's story rang true and explained pretty much every doubt she'd had. Still, she felt more annoyed at Ester than guilty for having accused her.<br/><br/>"Might have mentioned as much before," she said. "We could have avoided all this. And it was still dangerous and unnecessary. I specialize in healing magic, we could have rested up and waited, then I could have healed Mesaraih. I'm sorry I accused you, but you didn't help the situation. You just made everything more difficult."<br/><br/>She turned away from the others and began walking along the opposite pathway, the one that would take them to the lyrium.<br/><br/>Mesaraih sighed behind her. One way or another it seemed the group was destined to have at least one pair of people angry at each other. He found it to be rather more annoying than when he was one of the persons in conflict; at least back when he had been arguing with Ester, he found some satisfaction in defending himself. Now, all he could really do was watch and pick a side if he was forced to.<br/><br/>"Don't keep arguing with her..." Mesaraih warned Ester.