Mana wanted to get upset...but apparently doing that would cause what remaining Essence she had to drain faster.  "Firstly, I'm<em>not</em>a Dynast," she flatly stated.  "As you said, I'm from Lookshy.  Don't confuse us with those decadent pigs."  She waited half a dozen seconds before deciding to tell her why she was here.  "I was crossing the desert, going to An-Teng.  I got lost.  I thought I was going to die out there until I saw this house."  It was true...sort of.