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Katrin Bade, Queen of Aravale

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The thought of how the portal had closed behind him stuck with her momentarily. Peculiar that it hadn't closed this time around. But it was true that they finally had a chance to inquire about the other world. Something Katrin would definitely attend to doing, or at least attempt to. At the pause in her husbands thoughts, Katrin glanced into the gardens. Admiring the plants and small insects that went about themselves. The thought of everything she had known her entire life came into question. There was more than what she knew to be familiar. Far more than what she could fathom. It was at her doorstep almost, waiting to be entered. But whether it was even possible was another inquiry.

Tucking away a stray lock of hair that had fallen into her view, Katrin's attention returned to her husband. "What if we tried to send someone through the portal for recon purposes?" The notion of sending military through the portal seized all earlier thoughts of her exploring such a world. Reason started to enter her mind, justifying what she had thought earlier. It was in fact that they have no idea what lays on the other side. No idea at all really. Except for the little they knew about the people that had crossed over into their world. And that was close to no information at all.

"What if our military is no match for what's on the other side. We really don't know what to expect. Everything we know is not enough." She trailed off in a low murmur as his hands ran through her hair. Letting a silence fall, Katrin closed her eyes momentarily before she moved to lay a gentle kiss on his mouth.

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Era Kodes, Sorceress of Dunmarr

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Everything about this stranger made Era thoroughly uncomfortable. "Yes madam I wondered into the house and I felt a pulse of energy like a calling to myself. I walked into this room and the staff almost welcomed me." The words alone had her even more on edge than before, and it showed in the way she tensed. "You mean to explain to me that you just walked in here? No one questioned you or even stopped you? That seems to be impossible." She knew that it wasn't fully impossible, but it was close enough with all of the guards that posted around the castle. Even if he had gotten in, it was extremely unusual that he was innocently picking up her staff without motives. There was no sense in the matter.

Almost as if he had read her mind, he seemed to answer the question that was twisting her face into confusion. "You see miss I have a condition. I was cursed with a absent minded wandering issue. When I lose focus in what I do I tend to unconsciously wander." So the man had a condition. Sounded like a sad excuse to her. However, she went along with it. She figured if he was lying that he would most likely come back for the staff, that is, if his original intent was to steal it. It seemed like a decent time to test the man's motives.

"So be it." She nodded and moved into what looked like a more relaxed stance. It did seem quite curious that the staff had 'called' to him. Unless she only misperceived him to be human, which wasn't as likely. Pushing any further analyzation from her mind, she remained a solid glance as she watched him. "So, unconscious wanderer… who are you, and where are you from? What brings you here? And what did you lose focus in that had you wandering into my staffroom?" She inquired in a soft tone, one that barely matched the bombardment of questions.