A conversational movement caught her attention from her peripheral as she cast her gaze in Ardyn’s direction in time to see him nodding in response. But for the moment, his focus had wandered elsewhere. In an attempt to trace his line of sight, Cassiela too searched the hilltops in an effort to see exactly what the Ard Rí was seeing. But once she was actively looking, her emerald gaze settled on it immediately. Her focus was drawn to a chillingly white glow floating through the tree cover ahead. Cassiela not knowing any better, to her, it seemed ghostly. It caused the fur to rise on the back of her neck in a reflex to the jarring manifestation before them. But with another quick doubletake to see the firelight at her side, and the grin spreading across his face … she began to put two and two together. This was someone who was familiar to Ardyn. So she would do her best to quickly compose herself, even if the brief spike in uncertainty still lingered.
The Ard Rí offered her his attention once more, as the tone of his voice regrounded her back into their conversation. The way he described the brief window into his family’s legacy was endearing. It made her long for the same sense of belonging. However, a whole lifetime spent where she had come from, it never came close to the warmth that she had experienced in a single day in this land. Though, she shook those thoughts from her to be dealt with at a later time- or never at all. “Fascinating.” Cassiela remarked, admiring the brief history lesson. “One day, you’ll have to tell me some more of the story then.” She nodded as she spoke, eager to learn as much as she could about her hosts during the time that she stayed with them.
Though, she didn’t get to spend as much time sorting conclusions out in her mind as she would have naturally. Ardyn’s voice brought her back to the surface with a question on preferred accommodations as he set off towards a direction that made sense only to him. “A den is all I need, thank you.” She said lightly as she stumbled to follow her guide. Though, the last option he had given her intrigued her. She wondered exactly what he meant by hut. Perhaps those were among some of the other structures that stood in the distance on the plains. In reality, this land was a lot to absorb, even more so than she could devote the mental capacity for at the moment. However, the one skill she would attempt was to do her best to not draw additional attention to herself. So, den it would be.
