<div class="floatleft">(https://img00.deviantart.net/7315/i/2016/179/9/0/mechanical_mage_by_isis_blue_fire_3_by_isisbluefire-da81o13.jpg)<br/><div align="center"><strong>Felice</strong> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=290166.msg14258283#msg14258283)</div></div>Felice grinned at the siblings' banter, vicariously enjoying the sense of family. Perhaps her anxiety was misplaced, although if that was the case, it did little to reassure the young tinkerer. She took a breath, before attempting to banish the circular reasoning and focus only on the here and now. The man's line of questioning seemed innocuous, even common place.<br/><br/>"I'm of a mind to visit Menji," she explained, making eye contact for maybe just a shade longer than was comfortable. "Their market is said to be quite something."<br/><br/>She smiled, glancing down as though noticing the knife for the first time. With exaggerated care, she lay the utensil down upon the table and then folded her hands demurely into her lap.<br/><br/>"I hoped to impose on Ms. Gerdi's better nature," Felice continued, "Before continuing our journey on the 'morrow."