[Another bind. Another wave of endless and hard to name emotions. Ai Thao's glad about the children of course. They were safe and they would return home the next morning if all went well. Maybe she was disappointed she didn't get there first; Lien was right about how this matter was too important for either of them to ignore it, but she had wanted to do her part. She really did feel envious which kind of made it worse since she sincerely wanted the children to be safe.

And here was her elder twin, the one who pushed magic away, and yet running into danger headfirst like a hypocritical idiot. But Ai knows she's always been that way; a "whatever will be, will be" sort of woman even in the face of her dislikes. And sometimes, that's what drove her to do the right thing.

Ai Thao finally answers, crossing her arms, but not without a small smile despite her stern tone.]

I still have a few questions I need to ask you Lien. Holy Grail aside, this War and all the mechanics have been highly irregular. So I hope you have answers because I barely have any.