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"K-kill him!?" Esther stepped back in shock. Monica sounded so brash, so...desperate. She was right though, (as much as Esther hated to admit it.) Things were desperate. She needed to get over her fears and fast. There was no room for weakness here. Grudgingly, she nodded at Monica. It was a slow and awkward nod, but she agreed nonetheless. "Very well. Let's try and escape together. If we run across Sir Drake then...then we'll try and fight but...I think it best we avoid meaningless confict." Esther hadn't so much as raised her hand to strike someone her entire life. The thought of murder, for self-preservation or not, was going to take some getting used to.

Just then, her attention was brought to the foyer where she heard shouting. Cautiously striding into the room she saw that Deget woman speaking to the quiet man...Tom, was it? Deget was babbling wildly about some discovery she had made. She seemed genuinely excited about it. Drawn to the hope the woman was radiating, Esther approached them. "Excuse me...but may I ask what is going on here? Did you find something, Miss Deget?"