Cloxeta's eyes cross for a while, and he chants unintelligibly under his breath for a several minutes. This is either an obscure thaumaturgy ritual, or the old man has been sniffing too many mercury fumes. Considering that he says that several are in town, owned, it's hard to tell; although, he does give a good description of the wood construction, the essence channeling properties, and then he kinda lost you going into obscure occult matters.<br/><br/>On the way back to the hideout (which is about how Noriko left it, no chaos has broken out, no earth shattering events have happened), Noriko does notice the faint strains of flute music. Several faint strains of flute music. Really, it's quite impressive considering that the woodwind wasn't a popular instrument around this area of Creation.<br/><br/>The music seems rather uplifting and inspiring, even if she can only just hear it.