The town's xenophobia seems to have eased; at the very least, elves don't bother them as much as they would have, in the years past. Only Tyra seems to be relaxed, of the three women; Cerul can't get away from the thought that she's allied with a blue dragon, one who'd wanted to kill her, not long ago. Aviendha, while outwardly composed, is agitated inwardly, due to both the shattering of her reality, with the letter Draiss gave her, and from feeling some aspect of the strange aura that Draiss is picking up on.