alone amongst a murder

[LUMIA CIPHER.]

Poetry. Lumia had honestly never really gotten much of a chance to read poetry, at least in the early months of her life. Caesar hadn't exactly appreciated the art form, and considering she was constantly having to rush to keep up with him, she didn't exactly have a lot of chances to go searching for it, either. It was a shame, really, considering what little she had seen, she had actually enjoyed. It was a beautiful art foorm, and she enjoyed the way that most poems flowed so delicately and smoothly from line to line. It was a sharp contrast to the real world, where everything was full of harsh boundaries and unpleasantness. Although somehow, hearing poetry straight from Vale's mouth caused a shiver to run down Mia's spine. Not one of fear, just of... unease. Perhaps it was just because of the presence of the murder, and how loud they all were. Or maybe because of vis several eyes? Whatever was causing the feline, it sort of made Lumia want to either lash out or turn tail and bolt. The presence of Diya and Keona – both of whom didn't look all that concerned – caused her to stay, however.

At Vale's questioning about a "tome of forgotten lore," the privateer found herself a little confused. It was a bit difficult to parse out vis meaning, and Lumia wasn't sure if the other was asking about an actual book or not. Nevertheless, she still decided to offer up her own suggestion, "If you're looking for a 'tome,' you should probably check the lighthouse. There's a library in there with most of the books that The Typhoon has. It would probably be your best bet." That is, if Vale was looking for an actual book. If ve was looking for some kind of guidance... well, Lu couldn't really offer that. She had never known the crow before this moment, nor did she know of vis rather destructive past. It was a shame, but if Vale was looking for some deep knowledge on vis past, ve would have to look elsewhere. Perhaps Diya would know something? She had been around within The Typhoon longer than Lumia had, and she seemed to get out of the group a bit more than Keona. She had even lived in one of the other groups for a while, although said group was now long gone – unbeknownst to Mia.

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