Elsa, 19th Nachexen
Sorin shrugged. "Don't know," he said. He looked to Marjan, but the old man shrugged too. "Dead, or run off," he said. "Like the others."
The Tilean stood up straighter and snapped his heels together. If he had caught any of Carraciolo's disrespect for Elsa, he wasn't showing it.
"Si," he said. "We weren't expecting you, Magister. Of course, we can make the room for you here." He looked around. "Did you bring guards? Reinforcements?"
Elsa, 20th Nachexen
Miruna fixed Elsa with a penetrating look. "You weren't told wrong," she said, without a shred of modesty. "Why does a lowlander want to know?"