"If there are any, I haven't gotten word, but it wouldn't hurt to keep on your guard." He was surprisingly serious about that.<br/><br/>"There's a monster, sealed beneath your school. It's been bound since the days of the first Titanomachy, but now that the Titans are free, the seal containing it is weakening. Hence, the Visitation.<br/><br/>"Well, with the right relics, you could do all of that. More. And maybe it doesn't sound useful now, but if your family, your friends are in danger? It might just turn out that makes a bigger difference than a thunderbolt or a helm of invisibility might." Francis lets out a bit of a sigh, reaching up to rub the back of his neck. "I didn't mean that the dress was the salad, actually. I meant it being able to change its appearance was. But... it wasn't the only birthright you were meant to have."<br/><br/>He glanced over to her, and this time, he didn't hide it. The look on his face just then was that of a kicked puppy.  "Believe it or not... I'm actually generally pretty good at this Visitation thing. It's always gone smoothly before, but... I screwed up this time. I got ambushed, and now the enemy has relics that were meant for you. It took everything I could do just to get this one relic to you. I barely got out of there with my life. Rory was right about at least one thing. I wasn't chosen because I'm good at fighting. I'm shit at it."