Voyage I: Lentini

[Ramke]

Claire was surprised by her treatment of the Bretonian, dispelling any assumptions that the Bretonian was anyone important. Was she a slave, or just one of her "employees"? She didn't get long to think about it as Loyola got way too close, hugging her.

She glimpsed at the pictures seeing the beautiful Heaven's Gate, but the noble couldn't really focus with the woman so uncomfortably close. Having her nearby reminded her of the first meeting they've had, bringing in anxiety as she tried to ignore it as best she could.

— The negative route? My sister's mistakes? What did she do? I thought you captured her as yet another slave, as with the rest of the Calliope's crew.

Remembering the old communications between them, she could only recall small details. It made her unnaturally upset when she received messages from this woman the first time, with offers to bargain over her sister's livelihood. If only she knew what kind of trouble that would have led to, she would have probably ignored it out-right and requested an assault to intimidate them into returning Charlotte.

And now she's stuck here, about to suffer a similar fate with no one to turn to. She hoped that the man guarding the entrance would intervene, should Loyola start acting the same way as she did on the Belisama.

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