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Alvis silently fumes as you return to the Book on its pedestal for a brief examination that turns up little more than the prophecies you already knew were recorded there. It's not until you've descended back to the main floor of the archives afterward that Alvis speaks again. He announces that he needs to tell Chancellor Savva that you're leaving for Pasema tomorrow morning and leaves you with your thoughts.

With Alvis gone, you have to track down one of the professors working in the archives and ask who you might talk to about finding lodgings for the night. You'll want to be well-rested if you're leaving for Pasema in the morning. If the prophecy is proceeding the way it was written, you don't have time to spare before the portal opens again.

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The first time you ever went to Pasema was three years ago, on your first quest. Back then, you traveled in the dark of night. Your prophecy was common knowledge already, but with no demons in evidence yet, there wasn't enough official recognition that anyone tried to give you an escort. So long as you hadn't attracted much attention yet, you moved as secretly as you could, giving you time to practice your illusions, and Verity some of her last moments to walk freely among you.

Walking down a path beside Verity wasn't necessarily very different from helping her skulk in the shadows, in that she never tended to have very much to say. It was only when Alvis remarked on it about a day outside of Pasema that you learned Verity had grown up there. The history of the Fairgrieves wasn't difficult to investigate, but it had never been of much interest to you before.

The revelation had seemed as good an excuse as any to try to draw Verity out.