The Sultan nods to Draiss, and waits until he leaves, before resuming his previous conversation.<br/><br/>Verdelet doesn't reply immediately, but he'll find a note back in his inn room, indicating where he can leave a message for her, containing the details. It seems she intends to keep as much separation between them as possible, still.<br/><br/>It's not surprising that Svala would focus more energy on her Beyonder; given that the creature was only half-formed, and likely in agony, it's first thought is, more than likely, self preservation, just keeping Svala together enough to ensure its continued existence, while it tries to repair itself. Huntress was quite enjoying the simulation rooms, and was testing the limits of what it was capable of, often sparring against clones of Draiss, in an effort to improve herself.<br/><br/>"I'm fine," she lies. "I honestly didn't expect him to try and claim on the debt; I'd honestly forgotten about it, for the most part, what with being stolen by servants of Tiamat, and then you, I had other things on my mind."