The only possession Manuela had been fortunate enough to arrive with-her clothing-had been whisked away by the robots. And though it wasn't hard to imagine that she might have, over five years later and with this Ferdinand, shared a cup of tea-to her and her own memories, the set was completely unrecognized, though well-taken care of as to be expected.

"There's no need to reminisce over those who've left for my sake, Ferdinand. I just wanted to know who was here, now." No members of the Alliance whatsoever was strange, though if they *had* been there in the past, she doubted it was some sort of selection bias on the part of the Augur. "Last I heard of Dimitri, he seemed, frankly, mad-something snapped in him after the revelation of the Flame Emperor. He is well now, I hope?"