"Serune, can you get in first?" I asked her, gesturing toward the entrance while keeping my voice low enough that the people nearby wouldn't immediately notice us.
"Huh? Oh, sure..." Serune replied, giving me a slightly curious look before following my request. It seemed like she had noticed that I was about to do something, but she didn't question me about it, which was probably for the best because I wasn't entirely sure how I was going to explain what I had just overheard.
I decided to stay behind for a little while because I wanted to find out exactly what a soldier of the Republic was doing in a place like this. Something about the situation already felt wrong, and after hearing those voices from nearby, my curiosity had officially become impossible to ignore.
