To be honest, Satu wasn't great at reading people, so she was a bit clueless about Novella's feelings. She could tell she was a little less enthusiastic, a little quieter, but either didn't think about why or subconsciously dismissed it as having spent all her energy on new puppies. So it wasn't until she said she had something to tell her that Satu was in any way clued in to something being up. She cocked her head to the side. "Are you all right, Novella?"
But Novella had already continued on, explaining that she'd been off exploring a lot (nothing at all wrong with that, in Satu's mind) and looking for Myth (completely understandable) and that she'd found her, and in doing so found... Iorwerth?
Satu stared at her blankly for a moment. Not because she didn't recognize the name - he was, despite everything, her own brother - but because she hadn't been expecting it at all. "Wait, Iorwerth is here?" she finally exclaimed. "I mean, here as in Alacratia, not Ludicael. I mean... really?"
Some seriously mixed feelings were roiling in her gut at that moment. On the one hand, he was her brother, and she had always idolized him. But on the other hand, he wasn't at all the wolf that she'd expected, and the disappointment of that still tainted her thoughts of him.
"So, he's in Seracia?" she asked, striving for a casual tone even as her over-active imagination tantalized her with possible scenarios involving her showing up at Seracia and having a happy reunion with a joyful brother who was ecstatic to see her... even she had to admit that was very unlikely.
"Speech"
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