The courier blinked and started to glance over as Maea spoke, then caught himself and pulled his eyes back to the Peregrine's bow. He wasn't sure whether she was done dressing or not, but he wasn't going to take the chance of accidentally getting an eyeful of something his friend would really rather he didn't! "I mean, I kinda hope it doesn't," he admitted with a grimace. "If this is them weakened, I don't wanna know what they're like at full strength!" Though her comment did seem to make some sense now that he was thinking about it. Well... shit.
"Oh!" When she mentioned the voice - no, not that Voice - the courier scowled fiercely into the open sky ahead of them. "That fuckin' guy! He showed up in our heads while we were gettin' started. Turns out bein' at a shrine doesn't even slow 'im down. Don't like that," he admitted with a shiver. "But that Dahlia lady we all got warned about, she's supposed t'look pretty human, yeah? Well... enough t'pass. Except..." He hesitated, nibbling his lip. "Except I kinda had this... nightmare. That might've been a vision? About Starfall an' what's inside it..." He trailed off with a full body shudder and finally snuck a glance over at his friend. Relieved to see her clothed in something clean and non-purple-smeared, he met her eyes worriedly. "I think... somethin's growing in it. Inside some sorta weird purple crystal..." His brow furrowed anew as the word made him actually think for a change. "Maybe there's a connection there? Between earth magic an' crystals?" he asked, already starting to derail.
"Oh!" When she mentioned the voice - no, not that Voice - the courier scowled fiercely into the open sky ahead of them. "That fuckin' guy! He showed up in our heads while we were gettin' started. Turns out bein' at a shrine doesn't even slow 'im down. Don't like that," he admitted with a shiver. "But that Dahlia lady we all got warned about, she's supposed t'look pretty human, yeah? Well... enough t'pass. Except..." He hesitated, nibbling his lip. "Except I kinda had this... nightmare. That might've been a vision? About Starfall an' what's inside it..." He trailed off with a full body shudder and finally snuck a glance over at his friend. Relieved to see her clothed in something clean and non-purple-smeared, he met her eyes worriedly. "I think... somethin's growing in it. Inside some sorta weird purple crystal..." His brow furrowed anew as the word made him actually think for a change. "Maybe there's a connection there? Between earth magic an' crystals?" he asked, already starting to derail.
