In a surprise to herself, the druid found that her gaze lingered on Tia's lips for a brief moment before they moved on. And even as she moved, the image stayed in her mind's eye.<em>Why am I thinking about that?</em>she wondered before the welcome distraction of the sorceress' voice brought her back into the forest.<br/><br/>Tiavanesti tilted her head slightly as she listened to Tea's explanation of her work. Though it sounded rather small to her, she kept that opinion to herself and instead asked, "Do you find it fulfilling?"<br/><br/>What she saw after asking that question completely surprised her and she did a double take before blinking to see if her vision was off. When it was clear that it wasn't, she murmured, "Your eyes..." then looked on with a mixture of concern, wonder, fear, and unease. "Are you...alright?" Though it wasn't intentional, the sudden unexpected sight led to her subconsciously stepping back.<br/><br/>The question that followed from the sorceress churned in her mind for a long moment before she was finally able to get over the shock and ask with a faint mingling of curiosity and suspicion of something that seemed quite unnatural. "What...are you?"<br/><br/>While she was able to supress her instinct's screaming to take up arms in self-defense, she did not want to appear threatening and hoped that the sorceress and her bodyguard weren't planning to assault her. Though she tensed, she made no sudden moves and kept her hands lowered...even as she mentally ran through a list of spells that could see her safe should things go badly.