Lyren left them shortly after bringing them back to the residential wing.
He had other things to deal with inside the castle and, now that Trafalgar and Rhosyn had been formally recognised as observers, there was little reason for him to stay around them. If anything, being seen constantly beside the two outsiders he'd personally brought into Meraval would only make people ask more questions.
Trafalgar waited until Lyren disappeared around the far end of the corridor before turning toward Rhosyn.
"Come inside for a bit. We need to talk about how we're going to handle this place before we start walking around tomorrow."
"Yeah, that's probably best."
Trafalgar opened the door and held it while she stepped into his room.
Rhosyn had already seen most of it while leaving her things next door. Their rooms were almost identical: a large bed, a sitting area near the window, several pieces of expensive furniture, and a private bathroom through another door. Blue and silver still dominated everything, because apparently House Myrrhvale had decided two colours were enough for an entire civilisation.
Trafalgar entered behind her and closed the door.
Rhosyn took one of the chairs near the window while Trafalgar stayed standing for a moment, listening to the corridor outside. He couldn't hear anyone nearby, though that didn't mean much in a castle filled with people whose abilities he knew nothing about.
"We should assume people are going to watch us," he said. "Especially me. A Morgain showing up during their succession is already enough to get attention, and Lyren being the one who invited me makes it worse."
Rhosyn rested one arm against the chair. "Which means what we talked about earlier matters even more now. If we're together every time you speak to someone, people will start treating us like one observer instead of two."
"We arrived together, so that part's easy enough to explain. Lyren invited me, Nerith invited you, and he brought both of us here at the same time because it was convenient."
"But once we're inside the city, we shouldn't spend every hour beside each other."
Trafalgar nodded. "Publicly, we split up when it makes sense. We can still meet whenever there's a reason for it, but I'd rather nobody gets used to seeing you attached to my side."
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