"To my sisters. And they can't catch you in the open."

"I'll hold you to that." He warned. "Will you make it?"

"Sounds like you deal with these often."

"We don't have time." she urged again, stepping away, unto the dark. "Don't let anyone see you."

When the noise finally settled back down into silence, Rhea's grim demeanor broke. "Roo," she enunciated, turning to face her younger sister. "What happened, where were you?"
"Moira spotted one off the trail." Roo said quietly, "And I got lost trying to rein it back in."
"Saul un'smilt." her sister shook her head, one hand on her hip and the other pressed against her forehead, before she thought to wipe away the blood running down her face. "I nearly had a heart attack. I though something'd happened to you!"
"I was fine."

In the meantime, the third quiet sister - Qwikty - sank into a squat and placed one palm flat upon the ground. In response, the earth in front of them began to fold into the glacier like one might fold an egg into dough. The sound wasn't nearly as cacophonous, though it did elicit a strong and consistent rumble that rolled through Giovanni's bones.

Roo sat down beside Qwikty, then seemed to think better of it and laid down on her back. "I'm going to be sick."
"It's been a long night. We should head back."

"You should head back, Rhea." Qwikty urged over her shoulder. "You're bleeding everywhere."
"How bad is it?" Roo asked from the ground. Rhea wiped the blood off on her skirt. "It's a surface cut. Don't worry. But I'll start heading back. You'll be alright?"

Both girls chimed in agreement, so Rhea went striding off through the trees, shoulders slumped in exhaustion.
Things were dull for a bit. Roo caught her breath while Qwikty turned the earth, but then Roo sat up. "I should get going too. Will you be fine by yourself?"
"Things are better in the morning." The other one said vaguely, focused on her task. "Go ahead. I'll see you back at the Hold."

Roo dusted off her skirts and picked a few leaves out of her hair before setting forth through the trees.

An interesting turn of events. Who held this amount of command over the Lumanlisc sisters themselves? It had to be someone big. Could it be that the Lord himself was here? Giovanni exchanged a look of intrigue with his partner.

"And if they find the door?"

Venenzio rose from his kneeling position, eyes flickering to the quickly-vanishing Altirians to Giovanni. "Where did you get that mace?"

"This place is a stain on the earth." Ven muttered as they made their way back to camp.