She gave him a nod, then stretched out on the bed, and closed her eyes, taking a brief afternoon nap.<br/><br/>The next day, Arixia returns, fairly early, given her normal habits, and looking a bit shaken up. "I've finally found a lead on who's manipulating this whole situation... and it seems they're not even here. They're in the capital, and, if my information on the current politics of the world is correct, it's someone who works for the ruler of the entire region. Which means that whoever's in charge here, in the grand scale of things, wants to keep that paladin out of power, and keep things the status quo. Also, someone may have identified me; I barely got out of there, and only after a few shapechangings, did I lose them."