"That's... a good question," the bard mused, lounging back against a palm tree as he looked out over the Miana Pool as it sparkled in the sun. Somewhere in its depths a green stone sparkled, catching stray light on its rough facets. "If the point of the snow moss and the blackened windows is to hide people's presence from them, then perhaps not? The monster Kiada and I faced last year had physical enough form to be struck by arrows, and the smaller ones were able to throw debris at us. If they know that someone is in a building it seems like it would be easy enough for them to break a window and get inside, even if no doors are willingly opened and all other rules are followed." A mystery, to be sure, but the monsters just didn't know if people were inside, then they might not realize how many had left this year.
"I saw Amalia's," he agreed, the memory a sober one as the Shield had nearly died that night. "It's leaving Rory alone after last year that worries me. They... nearly convinced him to open the door for someone," he admitted softly, as Isuma purred comforting reassurance from her place on Ronin's shoulder. "If I could convince him to come to Torchline for the week, though, I would gladly spend the time outside with you. Maybe I could weave a little nest in your antlers and sleep there in my raven form?" he teased, trying to find a little levity in the dark topic. "Do you need to practice spending time in it?" Most of his shapes had required a bit of trial and error, even with the instincts that they came with.
"I saw Amalia's," he agreed, the memory a sober one as the Shield had nearly died that night. "It's leaving Rory alone after last year that worries me. They... nearly convinced him to open the door for someone," he admitted softly, as Isuma purred comforting reassurance from her place on Ronin's shoulder. "If I could convince him to come to Torchline for the week, though, I would gladly spend the time outside with you. Maybe I could weave a little nest in your antlers and sleep there in my raven form?" he teased, trying to find a little levity in the dark topic. "Do you need to practice spending time in it?" Most of his shapes had required a bit of trial and error, even with the instincts that they came with.
