After Aren finished speaking with the maid, he asked for the location of his friends, and she pointed him in the right way. He headed that way and found them in a clearing at the front of the castle.
While he was heading there, he noticed a few maids through the windows carrying out their tasks, as well as some armed guards standing. They were fully armored, and he could not even tell what they were at all.
When he arrived at the clearing, the first person to see him was Athena, and instantly she shot off the ground where she was seated on a rock, running so fast that she got to him in mere seconds. She threw her hands around him in a tight hug.
Aren was forced to steady himself to ensure that he didn't fall down.
