Chapter 182 - Back-to-Back Explanations That Lead To Heart-to-Heart Talks

The couple sat back-to-back on the floor of the private cabin. Their spirits (and one body) gradually settled into a meditative calm. Elua dutifully recounted every detail of her nighttime mission - from the point of receiving the anonymous letter to her flight into Qat's arms at the station.

The relic hovered nearby serving as proof. Qatrand had not examined the item all that much, but she could identify that the frame had been altered. She could also feel the same sort of similarity that had made her write a letter of her own.

"So we don't know who sent the first note?"

The swordswoman's tendrils of spirit stayed loosely wrapped around her wife's limbs, more for comfort than restraint. Part of it was also practice. Making them continually wrap towards a specific area rather than all over was a small mental challenge.