[Realm: Uhorus]
[Location: Galadriel]
[Capital City]
Fiona and Victoria had been silent for several long seconds now.
Not the comfortable silence either.
The office, cluttered as ever with papers, notes, sketches, and hastily organized observations, suddenly felt much smaller.
Fiona's brows remained furrowed, and Victoria, meanwhile, sat with her fingers lightly steepled beneath her chin, her usual demeanor subdued beneath genuine contemplation.
Across from them, Astrid and Lukas waited; neither spoke. They had delivered their report and now watched the two people most likely to make sense of it.
Fiona and Victoria shared a brief glance, only for a moment, yet it was enough.
They were thinking of exactly the same thing.
"Lucinda destroyed several tears yesterday," Victoria finally began, her gaze shifting back toward Astrid and Lukas as she leaned back in her chair.
Astrid straightened slightly, and Lukas did the same as Victoria continued.
