She seemed to have an odd grasp of time; she acknowledged that time passed, and her place in it, but seemed to have a much more... fluid understanding of past, present, and future than most people would. Still, she seemed fairly confident she had some time left. "Unless it's already come and gone, which means Shyka will have been very angry with me."<br/><br/>Still, he was able to return to his capital without much issue; there didn't seem to have been any major disasters, in the time he was away, either, which was a pleasant change, though Talia would mention that, almost as soon as he returned, she noticed some of the people she suspected as scouts, planted in the city, had all sent off letters at about the same time, so he should expect something interesting, soon.